Ysgol Gellifor School

Class 1 Science Visit

The children in Class 1, as part of their Science topic, visited a building site to see what sort of materials are used in the building of a house. The children were able to find a variety of materials and talked about whether they are man-made or natural. They also had a go at building their own wall in a variety of ways. Pictured is Connor looking like a man with a mission as he holds onto his wheelbarrow.  A gallery of the visit can be seen by clicking here.

Investigating Friction

The Year 6 children have been investigating further on forces.  This time by finding about the amount of friction on different surfaces.  They measured how much force was needed to move an object on different surfraces by using a forcemeter.

The conclusion was: The rougher the surface the greater the force needed to move the object.

Bush Tucker Trials - Nov 07

Auntie Tracy held an event in the school hall, as part of our drive to become an ever more healthy school.  It tied in with the 'I'm a Celebrity get me out of here!' programme from the television.

However, instead of eating bugs and various parts of jungle animals, all of the juniors were given the opportunity to taste a range of healthy foods.  The twist was that they were to be blindfolded and had to guess which foods they were eating.  Of course, healthy eating is also an important part of the science curriculum also.

Click here to see the gallery.

Chemistry Show - Nov 07

Class 4 visited Ysgol Brynhyfryd for a spectacular Chemistry Show. They were joined by children from neighbouring primary schools and were entertained by a series of explosions using a range of chemicals and gases. They were amazed to see potatoes being fired and bottles of hydrogen exploding as well as seeing giant bubbles being created.

Class 3 revisited the mountain on a cold but beautiful November morning, in order to conduct a Science field trip. The children are currently studying habitats and were looking for evidence of the living things that could be found in the quarry area, a stream and among the bracken. The were made more aware of how the living things found in a particular habitat are dependant on the conditions there.

Click on the link below to see the gallery of our morning:

http://www.ysgolgellifor.co.uk/index.php?option=com_expose&album=20&photo=6

Nursery Nature Walk - Sept 07 

Nursery ventured out on for an Autumn colour hunt. Armed with sticky paper and cardboard, the children had fun looking for all the different Autumn colours. They collected pieces of lots of different coloured leaves and staff were impressed to find that very little mud had ventured onto their hands. Miss Elen expressed her delight at how independent they all were.

Class 3 Science - Sept 07

As part of their science studies, Class C this week have been investigating the skeleton and were creating life size diagrams by drawing an outline of their bodies, then sketching their bones and labelling them. Any X-rays you have in your possession would be gratefully received in order for us to analyse various bones in the body.