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What’s the temperature?

As the weather turns hotter year 2 have been learning how to read thermometers. Click here to see how good you are and to find the difference between 2 temperatures.

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Is this a good investigation?

Year 6 are learning about what makes us healthy, but how do scientists work out what we need to do to stay healthy? The effects of our diet or lifestyle often take many years before they have an impact on … Continue reading

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Burglar Alarms

Year 6 have been designing electrical circuits with switches that work as burglar alarms. They have been trying to protect their chocolate coins which we found did not conduct electricity. Can you see how their circuits work?

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Birds nesting in nursery playground

Today rainbow class noticed some sparrows had made a nest in the bricks in the wall. We spent a lot of time watching the mummy and daddy birds bringing food to the babies and listening to the babies cheeping. Can … Continue reading

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Journey into the digestive system

Year 6 have been learning about the digestive system. We applied our knowledge to write a science fiction story – imagining we had been swallowed alive! Here is Sulayman’s story – a great example. Sulayman’s digestive system story writing.docx  

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Exploring magnets

Year 3 have been exploring magnets in their science lessons. We were trying to find out the answer to 3 questions. Can you identify what question each group are answering? which magnet is the strongest? what is the greatest distance … Continue reading

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Chicks arrive in Nursery

There was great excitement in rainbow class today as 2 of our eggs had hatched overnight and we had 2 fluffy yellow chicks. Some children were able to watch a 3rd hatching out during the morning. Watch them live on … Continue reading

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Reading in Rainbow Class

Reading together is fun in Rainbow Class! Please bring your reading book to change every Tuesday morning. We ask all parents to come in and read with your child on Tuesdays 9 am – 9.30 am and to help them … Continue reading

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Outside learning

Outside learning is very important to the early years curriculum at Hague and we have been doing a range of exciting outside activities this term.  Rainbow class walked to Collingwood Children’s Centre to do a nature hunt in their outside space.  … Continue reading

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