Balloon Powered Car Racing

Do you think you could build a car powered by nothing but air? A balloon-powered car is pushed forward by air escaping from a balloon. Year 6 have been designing and making their own balloon powered cars as part of their Science and Design Technology project. The children started by researching balloon cars and adapting their plans based on their research. After their research, the children then began to make their balloon cars, ready for a class race challenge.

Year 5/6 Readers Become Entomologists!

This week during Reading Comprehension year 5 and 6 have been learning about insects. They have been researching different species of insects, their habitats and behaviours - working extremely hard to find out interesting pieces of information. 

Lenny discovered that a spider is not a member of the insect family as it has eight legs. In fact it is a member of the Arachnid family.

Lewis found out that ants have two stomachs, one for digesting its own food and the other for feeding its family.

Georgina researched snails and their natural habitats. Did you know they like to come out when it has been raining and the ground is wet?

One of the insects Albie studied was bees, he discovered that when a bee stings a human they leave their stinger behind along with part of their nervous system and abdomen, resulting in the bee dying!

Russell found out that a praying mantis is the only insect that can look over its shoulder for predators.

Everyone contributed well to this weeks topic and shared lots of information - well done!

Elm at Sports Day

Chloe's sporting successes

On the weekend, Chloe Trew from Elm class competed in 'Quad Kids' in which there were four different events including sprints and a 600 metre race. Chloe did spectacularly and won a bronze medal. Not content with just one event, Chloe then participated in Race for Life, raising money for cancer charities and she ran 5k in Highlands Park, Chelmsford in an amazing 23 minutes and 47 seconds!!! A huge well done Chloe! 

Elm investigate the relationship between surface area and rates of reaction

During the last two mornings, all the children in KS2 have rotated around all the classrooms in order to conduct lots of different experiments. In the Year 5 classrooms, the children have been exploring how rates of reaction are affected by surface area and concentration of solution. The children were all able to explain that the larger the surface area, the quicker the reaction.

The children also discovered that the oxalic acid on the rhubarb reacted with her potassium manganateb solution to create carbon dioxide and water, hence why the solution changed colour!

Havering Primary Schools Mathematical Quiz

Our Year 6 team are currently taking part in a competition led by Hall Mead School's Faculty of Mathematics. The most able mathematicians across the borough come together to solve problems involving shape,number and measure.

Vinnie's Space Collage

Well done to Vinnie Brand for his excellent space collage. He used a mixture of paint and cut out planet pictures to create a masterpiece that is truly out of this world!