24
May
Year 5 Science: Pollination and Plant Reproduction
This week in science we learned about and explored the reproductive parts of plants to understand how pollination works....
Science
18
May
Nursery: All About Plants!
Exploring Plants! This week, we kicked off our new topic—Plants—with the story "Lola Plants a Garden." The children loved getting to know Lola and learning about how she planted her very own garden. Inspired by the story, we explored the different parts of a plant and discovered what each...
17
May
Year 1 Science: Seed Dispersal
This week at Dalston Curve Garden, the children were learning all about how seeds disperse. They discovered through listening to stories and exploring the garden that seeds can be planted by humans, transferred after being stuck to the fur of animals, blown in the wind...
11
May
Year 2 Science: Animals, Including Humans
During Family Friday last week, Year 2 continued learning about how animals grow and change. They focused particularly on humans and what we need to stay healthy and strong. They had fun sorting play food into the five food groups, and looked at the Eat...
11
May
Year 5 ClimateEd Workshop
This week in our climate workshop, we worked in groups and created a role play about how we can change our eating habits to reduce CO2 emissions....
09
May
Year 3 Science: Do Plants Need Leaves?
In Science, we planned a comparative test to see the function of the leaves on a plant. To test this, we took off all of the leaves on one plant, some of the leaves on another and kept all of the leaves on the last...
09
May
Year 4 Science: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
In science this week, Year 4 were learning about how scientists have classified plants and animals. We learned two new pieces of vocabulary whilst classifying the animals into their groups: invertebrates and vertebrates. We now know that this means that vertebrates have backbones inside their...
09
May
Year 6 Science: Reflection and Periscopes
In science this week, Year 6 have been making periscopes to help them understand the concept of reflection. Children used their understanding of light and mirrors from prior lessons to explore exactly how periscopes make it possible to view things that are not in our...
04
May
Year 1’s First Dalston Curve Garden Trip
This week, Year 1 had the first of their trips to the Dalston Curve Garden. The children thoroughly enjoyed meeting the lovely gardeners who tend to this wonderful local setting. The children explored the gardens, looking at all of the beautiful plants and flowers and...
04
May
Year 2 Science: Eating Healthily
For Family Friday this week, we continued our Science learning about how animals grow and change. We focused especially on humans and what we need to stay healthy and strong. We had fun sorting play food into the five food groups and we looked at...