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Our diddy Delph Siders have certainly been embracing their fabulous new outdoor equipment and showcasing their tremendous gross motor skills! 

Reception have enjoyed STEM week, they had to rescue a dinosaur from the water without using their hands. They had to think of strategies of how to rescue it, they figured out that they had to put different items into the bucket in order for the water to rise. They then looked at push and pull…

What a great start to the day! Year 2 #enjoyed sports day this morning in the sunshine ☀️

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Tetrahedron Workshop

Year 4 had a blast at the tetrahedron workshop yesterday. They worked together to create tetrahedrons and then joined forces to try and create a huge structure. They showed some fantastic teamwork skills. Well done Y4!

Using a seismograph

The children had a go at…

Today The Hangout and a few other children enjoyed a visit from Curious Critters. What an amazing experience to see, hold, stroke and talk about these amazing creatures.  It was great to see a millipede, cockroach, scorpion, snake, leopard gecko, skinny pig, tarantula and owl up close! Some of the…

Year 6 loved their tetrahedron STEM workshop this afternoon! They worked together to build the largest possible tetrahedron that they could!

#enjoy #embrace

Stop Motion

Year 3 enjoyed their first challenge of STEM Week, with a Computing focus, as they used the Stop Motion App to create their own stop motion animation

Make a boat challenge

Our next activity for STEM week was to design a boat that would float out of our own choice of…

This week is British Science Week, organised by the British Science Association. It is a celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths. Year 1 have become engineers building structures with marshmallows and cocktail sticks. We absolutely loved building towers, houses, schools and even…

Year Five had a great time designing a protective nest for an egg. We discussed the materials we could use to protect our egg from a fall, and discussed the properties of the materials. We then teamed up into 4 teams and designed a suitable cocoon to place our egg in. Some groups decided to use a…

Today Year 2 have found out that a paper aeroplane falls to the ground much more slowly and gracefully than a crunched up piece of paper. This is because of the forces generated by air pressing on and moving over the surface of the paper.  We discovered this by creating our own aeroplanes and…

Year loved their visit to West Lancs College, as part of Aspiratiosn Week, to see about the different career possibilities open to them. From engineering, to graphic design and to beauty, there are endless possibilities.