Science

The Summer Term has been action packed with lots of practical activities to help the pupils visualise scientific concepts.

It's been a fun term for pupils in Key Stage 3 who have been learning about forces in their Physics lessons. They have investigated air resistance as a counter force to gravity, making paper aeroplanes, helicopters and parachutes. It's been really impressive watching them make amendments totheir designs to achieve slower descents.

Key Stage 3 have also tested toy cars driving on different surfaces as they investigated friction and, in Chemistry, have looked at physical and chemical reactions while solving a crime: which member of staff stole the cake?

Our Key Stage 4 groups have learned about how materials can change, and whether these changes were physical or chemical. They have also learned about plants, covering growth, pollination, photosynthesis and transpiration.