Science | Plover School

Feel the force!

4th June 2025Amy Woods

Today we have been exploring forces, learning 3 key words; force, push and pull. We tested out these forces by using tires and skipping ropes. We discussed how some of us found these quite easy and others more tricky.

Mrs Williams

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Baking with Nana Bubb & juice making

22nd May 2025Amy Woods

We have had a great day today, baking orange cake and making our own orange juice! We even had a special visit from Nana Bubb this morning, as our expedition expert, to help us make the cake. We are so excited to taste them tomorrow for our African celebration day.

Mrs Williams

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Showing resilience

21st May 2025Mrs Price

Charlotte has shown resilience and perseverance this afternoon. She tried to make a model but it kept falling down. She used different resources and tried different ways to make it work. Well done Charlotte.

Mrs Price

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Helping the Gingerbread Man

21st May 2025Mrs Price

Yesterday the children planned how they could help the Gingerbread Man. Today they made their models to help him cross the river. We had bridges, a climbing frame and some aeroplanes.

Mrs Price

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How can we help the Gingerbread Man?

13th May 2025Joshua Meade

After reading the story, the children made predictions of what might happen if the Gingerbread man fell in the river: float, break, snap, melt, turn to liquid, crumble, go soft, sink, make the water brown.

So we did a science experiment to see. We put the Gingerbread man into water and we were correct… he dissolved and went into a soggy mush. After, we thought of different ideas to help the Gingerbread Man so he didn’t fall in the water. #LovePlover

Flash flood artwork

20th April 2025Mrs Haycock

3H have been considering the use of colour to capture the chaos of a flash flood. Here are some images of their creations.

We care Wednesday Crew

20th April 2025Mrs Haycock

In Crew this week, Years 3 and 4 have been thinking about the health of their bodies as well as their mental health too. They have discovered that exercise is not only good for bodies, but that it also activates and cleanses minds; making people feel happier from the serotonin and endorphins that are released during the time that they exercise! Aerobic exercises like running, cycling and swimming are particularly effective. Exercise boosts the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) which supports the production and release of serotonin as well as overall brain health! Because of this, Crew Haycock and 3H have pledged to carry out some physical exercise (in addition to their PE lessons in school) for ten minutes a day.

Go Crew Haycock – you’ve got this and so have I. I pledge to do this additional exercise with you!

Mrs Haycock

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Celebration of learning!

28th March 2025Cody Vines

4V worked incredibly hard this week to produce their science fair activities. They were completely independent and should be so so proud of themselves and all the work they put into making today happen!

Well done guys!

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Miss Vines

Super Science Fair

28th March 2025Mrs Graves

I couldn’t be more proud of the children in 4G! They have worked so incredibly hard in preparation for their science fair, and today they really pulled it off.

All around the room, I could hear and see everyone sharing their learning with all the parents. There were experiments and demonstrations, and above all fantastic scientific knowledge.

Our parents and carers were great and were asking challenging questions of the children – which they handled so well.

The children showed such character and it was lovely to see children being pushed out of their comfort zone and talking to adults.

Above all, this came from the children – they shared their interest, what they have been inspired by and gave it 100%. The amount of incredible work completed at home was testament to how much they wanted to show what they knew.

The classroom was buzzing and so was I!

Well done 4G, you did an incredible job!

And now on to our next expedition!!

Mrs Graves

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We are working as scientists

28th March 2025Mrs Haycock

There is a buzz of excitement in 3H’s classroom today as the children are very busy working in their teams to prepare resources and presentations that they will perform to their parents this afternoon. I’ve let the reins go a little and the children have decided what they want to prepare and how they want to present their learning to their parents. They are doing themselves proud. I hope they have plenty of parents to talk to later on.