Magnetic Materials

Magnetic Materials

Year 3 have been looking at forces and magnets during science week. Today they investigated what materials are magnetic and non magnetic around our classroom. They have now found out that metal is a magnetic material but materials such as wood and carrots are...
Looking at Shadows

Looking at Shadows

Reception have had an amazing day investigating shadows as part of Science week. We were so lucky this morning that the sun came out and we could measure how a shadow changed through the day. A massive thank you to Friends of St Matthews who raised funds to buy...
Investigating Jelly!

Investigating Jelly!

This week is British Science Week, Year 1 have been investigating how long it takes jelly to set. They made some jelly and added different fruits to see if that changed the time it takes to set, they also made jelly with no fruit as a control. They found out that...
Animal Adaptations

Animal Adaptations

For Science Week, Year 2 are continuing to think about animals and how they have adapted to their environment. We made some moths, thinking about how they might survive if a predator was hunting them. Most of us decided that camouflage was the best. We had a great...