Monday 13th January 2020 Reception Bubbles

What shape are the bubbles?

This afternoon the Reception children had a great time investigating bubbles. Can you ask them if they can remember the shapes of the bubbles that were created by different bubble wands? To find out more and try bubble activities at home, click here.

Friday 10th January 2020 Year 5 and 6 Environmental Modellers and Environmental Planners

Today Year 5 and 6 found out how environmental modellers collect and use data to predict the future. To find out more about environmental modellers, how to help the environment and for modelling activities you can try at home, click here.

After that, Year 5 and  6 became environmental planners and used maps to discover how finding out about the past can help us to predict the future. To find out more about environmental planners, click here. Year 5 and 6 also looked at maps to see how Killingworth has changed over the last two centuries. To have a look at similar historical maps, follow this link:

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Thursday 9th January 2020 Year 1 Naval Architects

This morning Year 1 became naval architects and discovered how to float a goat on a boat! To find out more about what they did and for some extra activities you can try at home, click here.

Wednesday 8th January 2020 Year 3 and 4 Palaeontologists

This afternoon Year 3 and 4 became palaeontologists, exploring fossils and using pollen samples to investigate how the earth’s climate has changed over millions of years . For more information and activities to try at home, click here.

Tuesday 7th January 2020 Year 1 and 2 Naval Architects

This morning Year 1 and  2 became naval architects and discovered how to float a goat on a boat! To find out more about what they did and for some extra activities you can try at home, click here.

Tuesday 17th December More Year 6 Cryptographers

Today the other Year 6 class came into our Think Lab at Northumbria University to become cryptographers. This involved encrypting and decrypting messages and discovering how this keeps us safe online.

For more information about careers which use cryptography, activities you can try at home and a secret message to decode from NUSTEM, click here.

Monday 16th December More Year 5/6 Cryptographers

Today some Year 5/6 came into our Think Lab at Northumbria University to become cryptographers, and some did the workshop at school. This involved encrypting and decrypting messages and discovering how this keeps us safe online.

For more information about careers which use cryptography, activities you can try at home and a secret message to decode from NUSTEM, click here.

Friday 13th December Year 6 Cryptographers

Today both Year 6 classes came into our Think Lab at Northumbria University to become cryptographers. This involved encrypting and decrypting messages and discovering how this keeps us safe online.

For more information about careers which use cryptography, activities you can try at home and a secret message to decode from NUSTEM, click here.

Thursday 12th December Y6 Cryptographers

Today Year 6 came into our Think Lab at Northumbria University to become cryptographers. This involved encrypting and decrypting messages and discovering how this keeps us safe online.

For more information about careers which use cryptography, activities you can try at home and a secret message to decode from NUSTEM, click here.

Thursday 12th December Year 5/6 Cryptographers

Today Year 5/6 came into our Think Lab at Northumbria University to become cryptographers. This involved encrypting and decrypting messages and discovering how this keeps us safe online.

For more information about careers which use cryptography, activities you can try at home and a secret message to decode from NUSTEM, click here.