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Exploring Magnetism in the Junior Room

19/1/2026

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The Junior Room have been busy scientists this week as they explored magnetism during our science lesson. The children were excited to find out how magnets work and what objects magnets can and cannot attract.

​First, we went on a magnet hunt around the classroom. The children tested different objects to see if they were magnetic. There was lots of excitement as they discovered that some items stuck to the magnets while others did not. The children learned that magnets attract certain materials, such as metal, but not everything.

Next, it was time to get creative! The children used their new knowledge to make magnetic cars. They had great fun testing their cars, moving them with magnets, and watching how the magnets pulled the cars along. 🚗🧲

​This hands-on lesson was full of curiosity, fun, and learning. The children asked great questions, made predictions, and enjoyed discovering that science is all around us — even in our classroom!
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Exploring Our Sense of Taste!

20/10/2025

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The children had great fun in science this week learning all about our sense of taste and how our taste buds work. We discovered that our tongues can recognise different flavours — sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.

​To put our learning into action, we carried out a tasting experiment! The children got to try a variety of foods that matched each flavour. There were plenty of surprised faces when they tasted something sour or bitter, and lots of smiles for the sweet and salty samples.

This hands-on investigation helped everyone understand how our taste buds send messages to our brains, helping us know what flavours we like (and which ones make us pull funny faces!).

It was a fun and memorable way to explore our senses — science you can really taste! 😄🍬🍋
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Exploring Light and Shadows

6/10/2025

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The Junior Room had great fun this week learning all about light and shadows during science! We took our lesson outside to see how sunlight can make shadows appear.

The children discovered that when something blocks the light from the sun, a shadow is made on the ground. Working in pairs, the children used chalk to draw around the shadows made by their classmates, trees, and different objects from the yard. They noticed that shadows change shape and size depending on where the sun is in the sky.

There was lots of excitement as the children watched their shadows move when they wiggled or jumped! It was a hands-on way to learn about how light travels and how shadows are formed.

This outdoor investigation helped everyone to see that science is all around us, even in our playground! 🌞🖍️
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Woking with Colour

5/10/2023

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The Junior Room have been busy learning about colour in both science and art. Following on from work on mixing primary colours, they explored how dye is used to create colour and how it can be separated. 
Today the classroom was full of smarties!
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Mini Beasts Workshop in the Museum of Country Life Mayo

19/5/2023

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Today the pupils of 4th - 6th class visited the Museum of Country Life Mayo where the partook in a Mini-beasts workshop as part of the Natural History Museum education program. 

They looked at the types of insect and invertebrate life that were living in the waterways and areas around the Museum of Country Life. This involved taking samples from the water and examining in the special laboratory under magnifying class to identify their features and help identify specimens correctly. 

The children had a great day put and learned loads about the mini beasts that co-exist with us in the countryside. 
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