Spruce class investigated the visible colour spectrum in Science. We placed a triangular prism in front of a white sheet of card and shone a torch through the prism, causing the light to refract and separate the beam of light allowing us to see the seven colours of the spectrum.

Spruce class have been learning about light and refraction in science. We learnt that refraction is when light rays travel at different speeds through transparent materials such as glass and water; this causes the rays of light to bend.

We experimented using a picture and a glass. We drew a picture and placed it under the glass while slowly filling the glass with water. The picture seemed to disappear when we looked through the side of the glass.

Spruce class performed and acted out the creation story in English to understand reasons why society revoked Darwin’s theory of Evolution.

Year 6 have made marshmallow Reebops in science to help their understanding of genetics. The features and characteristics of the Reebops were chosen randomly to replicate the natural selection process and constructed out of marshmallows and pins. We learnt that discontinuous variation is how we inherit certain characteristics from our parents genes. The children particularly enjoyed naming their ‘baby’ and putting it into our Reebop nursery!

Spruce class wrote their online profiles which we then acted out, whilst the rest of the class tried to guess whose profile it was.

“Even though your not speaking face to face with someone online, what you say can still affect them,” Martha.