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Science Day

This week, children enjoyed a visit from the Cambridge Hands-On Science (CHaOS) Roadshow. A group of university students brought exciting, hands-on science activities into school for the children to explore. A few of the fascinating experiments included the ‘Flying Bag’, where a bag was warmed using a toaster and floated up to the ceiling, showing how hot air rises. In another, a child sat on a spinning chair and discovered how moving their arms or tilting a spinning wheel changed the speed and direction of their spin, helping them understand how forces and movement work. The children also examined real animal skulls and matched them to pictures of the animals, learning how bones can give us clues about living things. Finally, they worked together to build a curved bridge from blocks—with no glue or tape—which they could walk across, showing how shape and balance can create strong structures. Alongside these, there were many other exciting, interesting, and fun experiments that sparked plenty of curiosity and enthusiasm for science.