Quernmore C.E (VC) Primary School

Science Week March 2020, Science Workshops (23 images)

Classes 1 and 2 joined together to explore 'Our Diverse World'. Classes 3 and 4 joined together to explore 'Our Unique Bodies'.

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Science Week March 2020, Jan Maskell (12 images)

Jan worked with Class 4 delivering her workshop 'One Planet One Life', which considers personal carbon footprints and how these can be reduced.

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Science Week March 2020, Steve Thackeray (18 images)

Steve talked to Class 4 about his work.

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Science Week March 2020, Dr Mick Urbaniac (37 images)

Mick is a micro-biologist working at Lancaster University. He talked about his work with parasites. We did an experiment with strawberries, banana and kiwi fruit to extract their DNA.

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Science Week March 2020, Paul Abraitis (14 images)

Paul made slime with Classes 1, 2 and 3.

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Science Week March 2020, David Spreadbury (24 images)

David is an engineer. He talked to the children in Classes 3 and 4 about light and showed them lots of different experiments.

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Science Week March 2020, Mistletoe the Hedgehog (10 images)

Ella, Sienna and Isla's Mum and Dad brought in one of the hedgehogs that they have fostered.

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Science Week March 2020, Janet Horsfield (9 images)

Janet talked to the children in Classes 1, 2 and 3 about her work as a vet.

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Swimming Gala Squad 2020 (1 images)

Thank you to everyone who took part and especially Catie Giles for overseeing our entries, once again!

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Science Week March 2020, Sandra Dawson (30 images)

Sandra is a veterinary pathologist. She talked to us about microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses. We took swabs of different areas of the classroom to see which organisms were present and looked down her powerful microscope. We mixed yeast with sugar and warm water.

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Science Week March 2020, Visit from Adrian Bowden (71 images)

Adrian put on two of his amazing Travelling Science shows - 'Working Scientifically' for Classes 1 and 2 and 'Electricity' for Classes 3 and 4.

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Science Week March 2020, Rachel Hearne (27 images)

Rachel talked to us about gems, minerals and rocks. She brought in some geodes and we opened them with a hammer and chisel.

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Science Week, March 2020, Gordon (8 images)

Gordon showed the children lots of underwater photographs that he took of the marine life living in Morecambe Bay.

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Science Week, March 2020, Steve Wroe (8 images)

Steve came into school as school as a STEM Ambassador to talk to each class about the 2 years that he spent living and working in Antarctica.

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Christmas 2019 (96 images)

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Cha Cha Plank Charity Challenge with Steve Cody (15 images)

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Visit of author, Susie Day, November 2019 (20 images)

What an inspiration! Susie talked about her books and read to us from her newest story. The children had fantastic ideas and made up a story with Susie about a tall baby penguin, a giant jellybean and a labrador!

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Back to school! (22 images)

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Maths Day, April 2019 (71 images)

Maths is fun!

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Christmas at Quernmore 2018 (46 images)

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Sports Day, June 2018 (43 images)

What a lovely afternoon! The children had a great time and showed some great sporting skills. Thank you to Class 2 for entertaining us with their maypole dancing. Thank you to all of the parents who helped with the strawberry teas.

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Science Week Visitors, February 2018 (37 images)

We were lucky to have so many interesting visitors supporting our Science Week this year. Thank you to the parents and STEM Ambassadors that joined us!

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Adrian Bowden's Travelling Science Shows, February 2018 (38 images)

Adrian started our Science Week in great style! Classes 1 and 2 enjoyed his show 'Working Scientifically' and Classes 3 and 4 had lots of fun in his 'Light and Sound' show.

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Christmas 2017 (26 images)

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Traditional Tales Autumn 2017 (69 images)

We have been busy this term!

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A day out in Liverpool (0 images)

We visited the Walker Art Gallery and the World Museum.

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Pebble Art, October 2017 (24 images)

We all painted pebbles to hide in the outside area. Whose pebble did you find?

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Clitheroe Castle (62 images)

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Class 2 at Clitheroe Castle (0 images)

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Christmas in Class 2 (10 images)

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Class Two at the Toy Museum (66 images)

We had a fantastic day!

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Reading Buddies (22 images)

Children in Classes 2 and 4 are reading together every week.

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Visit by Vicky Auld, May 2016 (7 images)

Vicky is a pilot with the British Antarctic Survey. She lives in Quernmore. We invited her into school as part of Science Week, but she was away in the Antarctic. She talked to us about her interesting job and showed us lots of wonderful photos and films. Thank you Vicky!

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Science Week 2016, Visit of Steve Thackeray (6 images)

Steve talked to the children about his work as a fresh water ecologist.

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Spring Sunshine! (69 images)

We enjoyed a run in the sun and then had the adventure playground all to ourselves. A good chance to try out our fantastic new playground equipment.

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Science - Miracle Berry (35 images)

We learnt about Miracle Berry which makes sour and bitter foods taste sweet. We tested different foods to see if they were sweet or sour. We add sugar to lots of these foods. Would Miracle Berry help to keep our sugar intake down? Miss Richardson thought our 'sour faces' were very funny!

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Rockets (39 images)

As part of our space topic we have been designing and making our own rockets. We have been enjoying writing stories based on 'Bob, Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram.

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Class 2 Science (0 images)

Making healthy snacks for Class 1

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Class 4 Science Fair, Science Week 2016 (53 images)

Class 4 independently identified twelve experiments that they wanted to share with the rest of the school, gathered the resources and explained the science. Well done!

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Science Week 2016 - Dr Mick Urbaniak (17 images)

Dr Urbaniak is a biologist who works at Lancaster University. He came to talk to Class 2 and 3 about his work with parasites. We had a very interesting time learning about the parasites that live on humans. Dr Urbaniak told us how he looks after his parasites so he can find out how to stop them spreading diseases to humans. He talked about DNA and genetics with Class 3. The children extracted DNA from strawberries, kiwi fruit and bananas using salt, shampoo and ethanol.

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Science Week 2016 - Professor Jim (1 images)

Professor Jim talked to Class 2 about space.

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Science Week 2016 - Day 1 (9 images)

In Class 2 we were exploring different forces. Children blew up balloons with coca cola, they tried (and succeeded) to make a hole in a ballon without it popping, they explored a non-newtonian fluid (cornflour goo) and made balloon rockets. We had a great time!

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Gujarati Hindu Temple, Preston, January 2016 (21 images)

Classes 2 and 3 visited the Hindu temple in Preston.

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Woodland Day (0 images)

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Class 2 Science (28 images)

A fruity day!

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Mapping the wind turbine (5 images)

Damian from Ordnance Survey came to find the coordinates to put our wind turbine on the Ordnance Survey map of our area. Children in Class 2 went to watch him working. He explained how his equipment worked with the internet to put our wind turbine in exactly the right place on the map.

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Buildings (11 images)