Archive for January, 2007

New kids on the block

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Miss Dunnell and Mr Gascoyne have been busy setting up class blogs with their Year 3 classes. Why not take a look and leave an encouraging comment to help them get started.
http://priestsic3.learnerblogs.orgĀ 
http://priestsic33.learnerblogs.org

Super Science

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

HEALTHY TEETH
The Central Incisors (front middle teeth) usually come in first, and then teeth begin appearing on either side and work their way back to the second molars. By the time a child has reached three years […]

Ghost Dog

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Ooooohhhhh! Need a shiver down the spine?…Well it isn’t that scary, just sit and relax.
Our class has just started reading, you guessed it, the book GHOST DOG. It is a brilliant book and so far there has been a family of four: Nick. Sarah, Mum and Dad. They have gone on a journey and the […]

Micro-Organisms

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Today we have started to look at microbes or micro-organisms. We explored a few online resources included a video from the Food Standards Agency

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MicrobeWorld

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and a short activity on BBC Science Clips

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Why not let us know what […]

Miniature Earth

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

http://www.miniature-earth.com
This afternoon we had a look at this thought provoking presentation about the earth’s population.
Try and imagine if we reduced the whole of the world’s population into just a small community of 100 people.
How many people would be wealthy? How many would be poor?
When you watch the presentation think about the numbers you see […]

Revision of the Human Body

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

We have been revising some work to do with the human body take a look at this little presentation that will help.
[swf width=”310″ height=”230″]http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/powerpoint/scienceheart.swf[/swf]
Thanks to Primary Resources for the file.
We have also been exploring (revising) the effects of exercise on our pulse rate. We have shared the data from both Year 6 classes using our […]