St Michael's C of E Primary School, Winterbourne, Bristol

Year 6 have been investigating whether you can use a lemon to light a bulb. “Although we didn’t manage to light the bulb, we had lots of discussion about the reasons why. Next time, we are going to try using different nails and using more lemon to create a stronger ‘battery’. We did successfully use…

Year 3 spent time this week designing and making a parachute to protect an egg. They had to use their knowledge of materials to create a parachute that would cushion their egg and safely land it on the ground. We launched our parachutes and observed how gravity pulled them towards the Earth. We learnt that…

Reception have been learning about traditional tales and this week was the tale of ​The Ugly Duckling. It was great to leave school for our very first trip and visit the duck pond to see the baby ducklings. We counted 13 in all and had great fun throwing in some duck food for them.