Can you give the coordinates for the blue shape?

We’ve had lots of excitement today. We have been designing and making rockets. First we looked at rocket designs and talked about what might make then go higher and faster, some rockets had nose cones and fins, we thought this might help. We used a film canister as our rocket…

Today Year 2 designed and engineered their own rockets. We tested them to see whose went the fastest and highest.

Starting at the arrow, can you give directions using forward, left and right to reach the green shape?

Today we were investigating how far a car travelled when we changed the height of the ramp. What happened? Why do you think it happened?

Today we have been designing experiments to investigate speed and direction. We used wooden blocks, ramps and toy cars. Can you remember how we made sure the test was a fair test? What was the force that slowed the car down? What happened when we made the ramp steeper?

It has been another busy but fantastic week at HCPS. Y2, Y3/4 and Y5/6 have all been on visits to support their learning for their topics. On Tuesday Y3/4 visited Cadbury’s world to find out about the history of chocolate and how it was and is made and I believe…

All of year 5 and 6 are heading to the Imperial War Museum in Manchester today. With the aim of benefitting their learning experiences around the topic ‘Lest We Forget’, in which the children have already begun delving into the historical importance of WW1 and it’s remembrance. The museum visit will provide…

Today we visited Magna to learn all about forces. We explored all of the areas at Magna and then we had a workshop all about making hot air balloons and rockets. Can you remember what the force that made the balloon go up was called? What is the force that…

Flaming tornado!