Science | Plover School

The world of shadows

27th February 2025Chloe Myers

In an exciting hands-on science lesson, 5M have been exploring the intriguing world of shadows! As part of the case study, they have been experimenting with light and shadow to understand how shadows are formed and how they change throughout the day.

The children loved coming up with different idea and poses to create fun and imaginative ways to interact with the light.

Does light travel in a straight line?

26th February 2025Chloe Myers

Today 5M carried out an exciting science experiment to explore the fascinating world of light. The focus of the experiment was to observe how light travels in a straight line.

Beanstalk Crafts

14th February 2025Joshua Meade

This afternoon we noticed our broad bean and runner bean had started to sprout and the shoot was growing. Then we became scientists and used STEM to see who could build the tallest beanstalk… Check out their brilliant beanstalks! #LovePlover

It’s ‘bean’ a busy afternoon

13th February 2025Joshua Meade

In expedition this afternoon, we shared different thoughts about what we can do with beans. The children named various types of beans. We noticed beans can be different colours and shapes. Then we made some delicious beans on toast and discussed how beans are healthy for our bodies. We used our knife and fork skills to cut up the toast and before we ate “fork to stick and pick, knife to cut and scrape”. We of course tidied and cleaned up after ourselves! #LovePlover

How have our plants grown and changed?

13th February 2025Amy Woods

We have had lots of discussion today around how our cress and beanstalk have grown. We discussed how they looked the same/different, and noticed both plants have leafs! Looking at the cress we couldn’t see the roots going down, but on both, we could see the shoots going up.

Mrs Williams

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What do plants need?

11th February 2025Joshua Meade

The children shared some great answers and recognised that we need to care for plants, putting seeds in soil, letting them have space to grow, exposure to air and water, sunlight and warmth. #LovePlover

Planting cress

7th February 2025Amy Woods

Over the last two days we have been planting cress seeds. We drew faces onto our yogurt pots so that the cress can grow as hair. We are so excited to see how our cress will grow and change.

Mrs Williams

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Parts of a Plant

6th February 2025Joshua Meade

Yesterday we looked at the different parts of a plant. We learnt how a plant grows from a seed into a seedling, then sprouts into a stem, grows leaves and the bud then opens to create the flower. #LovePlover

What do plants need to grow?

5th February 2025Amy Woods

Today we have been scientists and learnt what plants need to grow. We discussed if we need the same/different things to help us grow.
Shout out to Aaron this morning who said “plants and children are both living things”.

This afternoon we acted out how plants grow with Mrs Bubb. We started of as the tiny seed, and grew into a beautiful plant. We remembered that the roots go down and the shoots go up.

Mrs Williams
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Am I an insulator or a conductor?

4th February 2025Mrs Haycock

We have been working hard to investigate different materials; finding out if they are insulators or conductors. Then we have used our scientific knowledge to work as writers and produce a full scientific report.