Conductors and insulators! 🔋💡

19th January 2023Simon Gerrard

In Class 11, we’re becoming experts in making circuits, so we decided to challenge ourselves even more by adding different materials to our circuits. This included rubbers, rulers, paper clips and scissors. We predicted that, if the material is made out of metal, it will conduct the electricity and complete a circuit to make the bulb light up. If it was made of plastic or other non-metallic materials, it was an insulator, because the electrical flow would be prevented. We were correct! See Class 11 below in full science mode:

Crew Knowles: Editing and improving!

19th January 2023Rebecca Knowles

We had a lovely afternoon today working in partners to support our peers to edit and improve their scientific reports. There was lots of great critique happening with the children offering lots of wonders that would make their writing even better!

class 9 superb art work

19th January 2023Aime Shaw

This week in G Block the children have been sketching and colouring their own still life artwork. Here are some fantastic examples of what they have produced!

Well done guys! Mrs Miller and Mrs Shaw x

Y4: Conductors and insulators!

17th January 2023Rebecca Knowles

We had lots of fun today investigating which materials make either conductors or insulators. We learnt that metal objects such as scissors, paperclips and tin foil make excellent conductors within our electrical circuits. Unfortunately, wood and plastic not so much! They were insulators and stopped the electricity flowing through the circuit and the bulb didn’t light up.

Active Reading! 📖

17th January 2023Simon Gerrard

Class 11 have also completed some active reading learning today, whereby we learnt all about conductors and insulators! This was a great way to build background knowledge for our next learning of CS1, but also improve on our learning skills!