Tuesday 26th November Year 1 Family Structural Engineers and Year 6 Environmental Planners
This morning, Year 1 and their families became structural engineers. They designed and built bridges, then tested them to see which were the strongest.
After that, 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 Burradon has changed over the last two centuries. To have a look at similar historical maps, follow this link:
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 activities at home, 
This afternoon, Year 3 became geologists, observing and investigating meteorites which are rocks from space. To find out more about geology, 
Today Year 2 and Key Stage 1 families have been systems engineers. They were designing, building, testing and improving marble runs to make their marbles roll for the longest time possible. To find out more about systems engineers and to discover some similar activities to try at home, click 
This evening our Key Stage 2 families became systems engineers, designing, creating, testing and improving marble runs so that their marbles rolled for as long as possible. To find out more about systems engineers and to discover similar activities that you can do at home, 
Today we’ve been busy at Burradon Community Primary School
in today blowing soap bubbles of all sizes with reception. All sizes, but not all shapes – and maybe you can describe why that’s the case?