Year 1 have enjoyed learning about their bodies and senses in science. We started by looking at a picture of our skeleton and talking about what the children could recognise. We identified the skull, ribs and spine and then talked about why these bones and our skeleton as a whole is important. The children shared…
What a fantastic first two weeks at Holmwood. I have been blown away by the buzz, the hustle and bustle and the energy running through the year 7 year group currently. As is the way at Holmwood there is very quickly no difference between new and existing pupils. I am thoroughly excited for this to…
Year One had great fun making parachutes as part of our new theme ‘Splendid Skies’. During the summer term the children will learn about weather, the seasons and summer. We will begin by asking the question ‘what is weather?’ and use the children’s own experiences as the starting point for our discussions. They will observe…
We had a fun packed Science Week, where the whole school took part in a week-long programme of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths events which were designed to spark curiosity and ignite wonder in STEM and our pupils really excelled themselves. The week had a sparkling start with a murder mystery mayhem in assembly. Poor…
Year 5 were set the challenge to use on Lego WeDo set to make the ‘strongest’ robot with the biggest pulling power! We made an arena in the library where the robots would have to be coded with the most effective algorithm. Pupils had to think about air resistance, friction on the tyres, mass the…
Year 1 had great fun exploring ice balloons in their science lesson this week. After using our senses of touch and sight, we shared our ideas about what we thought was in the balloons and how they were made. After agreeing that they were made out of ice we talked about what would happen to…
Sonic Sound Years 5 and 6 had a visit from Mia and Alex from the Cambridge Science Centre. They came to give us a workshop on Sonic Sound. They taught us how sound works, how it travels and how our ears work. This was an amazing opportunity to learn about sound with examples and lots…
Land Ahoy, but how will we get there! Curious to see what their next challenge would be for their Land Ahoy theme, Year 2 were very excited when they were challenged to design a boat that could move on its own without the children touching it and to stretch them further, be powerful enough to…
Year One have enjoyed learning about their bodies and senses in science. We started by looking at a picture of our skeleton and talking about what the children could recognise. We identified the skull, ribs and spine and then talked about why these bones and our skeleton as a whole is important. The children shared…
The look of wonder on the Year 4 children’s faces was fantastic, as they made their very own static magic show. They experimented with the Van der Graaff generator, which was hair raising, picked up tissue paper with rulers and bent water – amazing.
