Science Week, November 2016

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Science Week, November 2016

Science Week took place in St. John’s from 13th-20th November. Science Week is an annual event which aims to make science more interesting and to encourage creativity and investigative skills in children.  It highlights how science, technology and engineering are hugely relevant to us all in our everyday lives.

Every class in the school embraced in science by questioning, observing, predicting, investigating, experimenting, measuring, analysing, recording and communicating.

Some of the infant classes engaged in activities such as exploring materials, for example clay, lego and blocks and investigated what materials would be good for building houses.  There were some great scientists among them! 

First Class tested what happened to water when it is turned upside down in a glass and a seal formed!  There were some very interesting results!  They also make constructions out of marshmallows and tested the durability of the materials as well as constructing dinosaurs. 

Fifth Class examined various materials and which would be appropriate to make different types of clothes.  They also looked at the idea of fair testing and how to make experiments fair and accurate. 

Some other classes looked at differences between day and night, hot and cold and hard and soft. 

Overall, we had a very interesting and interactive week!