Senior room pupils took part in the worldwide Hour of Code this week. They enjoyed working on the IPADs using code and debugging   to program a game and a maze. They each received certificates. Well done to all 

Thank you to all our pupils and families who kindly donated shoeboxes  filled with toys, crayons, hats scarves etc for people in need this Christmas .

Pupils this week enjoyed lots of science experiments.  At the start of the week , we heated milk  in a microwave and poured in vinegar.  This created a chemical reactions with between the vinegar ( an acid ) and the protein in the milk.  The milk separated into curds and whey and the pupils got to see what Little Miss Muffet was eating. Some Pupils were  brave enough to taste the curds and whey ! The pupils then moulded the curds with a bone cutter to form a bone like structure. Over a few days the mould hardened.

 

 

The pupils then  investigated what would happen if they dropped an egg into vinegar.  They discovered the acid would dissolve the calcium carbonate on the egg’s shell and cause the shell to become rubbery! The  pupils then left the egg in the air to see if the shell would absorb the carbon in the air to harden back up.   Pupils also investigated air and conducted experiments to demonstrate that air takes up space. 

Well done to our Senior room . They have been working  hard on their problem solving strategies recently in class . During Maths week , they demonstrated great perseverance  and solved the PDST MathProblems.  They won the problem solving competition and our school has won PDST Maths Manuals and Active learning boards for all our pupils.