Science Week

Do you know

What is today

Yes today

Is Science Day

Shout Hooray

All the way

Because today

Is Science Day!

Actually, it's not just Science Day, it's Science Week! 400% better than Science Day (if my maths is correct). We have a lot of activities planned for this week, beginning of course with Empty Parking Lot day. How many people car-pooled or travelled by public transport today? I know I did, if you count coming to school with Mrs Ward and the Junior Wards as car-pooling.

To be honest, I'm not sure that using one of these

is better than coming by car but the idea that we should be more aware of the resources we're using is a good one.

Later in the week we're having Nature's Breeze Day, which I know we're all looking forward to, and My Hump, My Provision when everyone has to bring their own water to school.

Whatever our activity at school, let's remember; we've only got one world, let's look after it!

A Book Is For Life...

We're thinking a lot about helping other people at the moment. Some of us have become very energised by thoughts of people in trouble around the world and how we need to help them. One difficulty is trying to find a way that we can make a difference when we are far away. Here's an example;

There are many kids around the world who cannot afford the things that we take for granted, like books. We may have many books that we don't even read any more while other kids have never had one of their own. One major publishing company has promised to donate one free book every time someone reads a book on their website. No money, no buying anything, just reading.

So here is something quite easy that we can do to help others. It's a simple action and all we need to do is give a little bit of time. Time is something that we have a lot of but we don't always like to share it with other people. If you click on this link and read a book and enter your email address, five minutes of your time could make a big difference to kids around the world.

Candy & Soda Doesn't Mix!

We're looking at reversible and irreversible changes in Science at the moment. We're trying to find out why some changes are reversible and one of the ideas that we came up with is that they involve chemical changes. Here's a chemical change in action but remember, don't try this at home!


Here is a good, but complicated, explanation of what we have been studying.

If you click here, you will be taken straight to a section explaining how gases dissolve.

Think Before You Leap!

So, did anyone notice anything strange about yesterday?