Tuesday 26th November Year 6 Environmental Planners and Wind Turbine Engineers Family workshop
This afternoon, Year 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 6 also looked at maps to see how Blyth has changed over the last two centuries. To have a look at similar historical maps, follow this link:
After school, families became wind turbine engineers, designing the blades for wind turbines and testing them to see which shape would turn the turbine the quickest. Click here for more information and activities.
This afternoon Year 5 became astronomers and found out about the development of the telescope throughout history and women in astronomy. They also discovered what stars are made from and how astronomers know this by analysing the light from the stars. To find out more about astronomy and to try some activities at home, 
Today Year 2 became botanists and investigated Venus Fly Traps using magnifying glasses and digital microscopes. To find out more about botany, 