Contact Information

- 01785 337340
- office3@flashley.staffs.sch.uk
- Flash Ley Community Primary School, Hawksmoor Road, Stafford, ST17 9DR
Flash Ley Community Primary School
Believe to Achieve
Autumn Term
Our super Science topic this term is 'Everyday Materials'.
Throughout the term, Year One children will be taught to:
· distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
· identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
· describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
· compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.
Spring Term
Our super Science topic this term is 'Animals including Humans'
Throughout the term, Year One children will be taught to:
Seasonal Changes
Throughout the course of the school year, we will also be observing seasonal changes.
Children will be taught to:
observe changes across the four seasons observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.
This term, we will be looking for and investigating signs of Autumn.
We will be taking part in lots of fun experiments and investigations including answering the question ‘Which is the best material to be waterproof?’
Visit: The Science Museum - https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/challenge-materials
Go Online: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrssgk7
Read:
Materials (Amazing Science) by Sally Hewitt
Everyday Materials (Ways into Science) by Peter Riley
Do: Sort out your household recycling into different groups - group by material or property.
Research it: Use books and the internet to research the life and work of either John Dunlop or Charles Macintosh.
Check out
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd
http://www.thekidsgarden.co.uk/