Science!
The Science subject leader is Miss Rouse. At Ilam we teach Science on a 2-year Rolling Plan. In science, our groups are not the same as our class – Year 1 and 2, Year 3 and 4, Year 5 and 6. This ensures that working scientifically is covered and children have ample opportunity to cover the curriculum without being exposed to topics above their ability and understanding.
Once a year we enjoy a science day in which we focus on different elements of science and celebrate them through exciting experiments and excursions!
Click the links below to view our curriculum statement, non-negotiables and overviews for each class.
Science Gallery!
Kingfisher class experimenting with states of matter and irreversible changes by making volcanoes.
Year 5/6 girls at a STEM event at JCB Academy.
Investigating properties of materials fit for purpose by making a boat for the 3 little pigs to ride in.
Kingfisher class going pond dipping to find animals in their habitats and classify animals.
We had a visit from DWAEC who brought lots of fun animals for us to learn about and hold!
Some children were even brave enough to hold the tarantula!
We all got to hold this gigantic snake!
Some of the animals included tortoises, snakes, a hedgehog and even a kookaburra!
Squirrel class investigating the best way to keep clean and remove germs using glitter!
Maintaining our garden to investigate how plants grow over time.
Experimenting the effects of rubber band force on a watermelon to see how many it needs to explode! The Year 6’s chose this as their special end of KS2 science experiment!
Investigating how sound travels and the effect of distance on it using paper cups.
Using hula hoops to classify plants in Venn diagrams.
Termly topic homework to make a space model!
Termly topic homework to make a space model!
Classifying the plants and animals caught on our pond dipping trip.