Squirrels Heath Junior School

 This week, Father Hingley visited Years 5 and 6 to talk all about why we celebrate Pancake Day. We learned all about Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday and the significance of eating pancakes. We were very excited to see some of the teachers attempting to flip pancakes! Take a look at the fun we had. 

Years 5 and 6 were visited yesterday by the Riot Act ‘Road Safety’ show. It was an interactive show where the children had the opportunity to become Crime Scene Investigators looking into an accident that had happened on the road between a pedestrian, cyclist and car.  They were presented with evidence, completed an Incident form and then questioned various witnesses about what had happened. They then came to a conclusion as to who was at fault.  It gave the children a real insight into crossing safely, using mobile phones when walking and how to behave when with friends out on the roads. It certainly gave them something to think about!                     

 This week in our Topic lesson Year 3 have been working as volcanologists, researching and explaining the impact of volcanic eruptions. They worked in groups to find out information and create a report which,  they then presented to the class .  

 This half-term in STEM club we welcomed back some club members from last term and a few new members. In week 1 we worked on making a cotton ball launcher, which used elastic bands for the spring, 2 cardboard tubes, tape, a single hole punch, a pencil and obviously a cotton ball. When the cotton ball didn’t launch properly the children worked through some solutions to the problem and adapted the design so that eventually they were successful!                                                          WEEK 1 - Cotton wool ball launcher                                                         WEEK 2 - Stacking cup challenge  The children had to make a gripping device using 4 pieces of string and an elastic band to enable them to pick up the cups and stack them in top of each other. There was lots of team work and perseverance needed for this challenge!                                                                   WEEK 4 - Pop up cards The children experienced making pop up cards for som