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Welcome to the third edition of the science magazine. As always our

journalists have been out reporting on the vast science learning that has

been going on around school. There has hardly been a day that has gone

by without the students talking about some kind of science learning– be

it Tim Peake’s return to Earth, saving the sea turtles or the artist

Craig holding science/art workshops with parents and chil-

dren.

We hope you enjoy reading this magazine and hope you too become in-

spired and excited. Have a go at the holiday science activities. We look

forward to seeing what you have found out, created or invented. As al-

ways we would love to hear your feedback even if you have any ideas for

future publications. If you yourselves would like to contribute to the

magazine– let us know!

Why not make a

sedimen-tary sand-

wich?

pg 4

Read all about Tim

Peakes

return.

pg 7

Find out what hap-pened to the Space

seeds.

pg 3

The sugar has been weighed–

which drinks are good for

you?

pg 4

Sea turtles are one of the

earths most ancient creatures. The sea turtles shell or, ‘Carapace’ is

streamlined for swimming through the water. Their colour varies

between yellow, green and black depending on species.

Classification

Sea turtles are reptiles, which mean that they are cold blooded,

have scaly skin, breathe air and lay eggs.

Diet

Sea turtles commonly eat jellyfish, seaweed, crabs, shrimp, spong-

es, snails, algae and molluscs.

Where can they be found?

Sea turtles nest on beaches. They are found in all warm waters

throughout the world. They spend most of their time in water. The

females only leave the water to lay eggs. They make a nest on the

ground by digging with their back flippers. They lay between 70 to

190 eggs depending on the species.

Fun facts

-Many sea turtles can hold their breathe for over 30 minutes

-Sea turtles sometimes look like they are crying. These tears are

from special glands that allow them to get rid of extra salt they get

by living in salt water oceans.

Last term year 1 were learning about Creatures Under

The Sea. Some of it was sad science, because they

learnt that sea turtles were in danger. Mrs Cooper

showed them that some members of the public leave

plastic bags lying around on the beach. These bags can

then float into the sea. The danger is that the sea tur-

tles think that they are jellyfish and so they eat them

and die. After learning this Eesa Motara decided to

make a poster persuading people to save the sea tur-

tles. Mrs Cooper and Mrs Hirst decided to photocopy

the poster and stick them around the beach when they

went on a trip to Filey. Luckily they found a beach pa-

trol lady, who then took the posters and displayed

them around Filey.

Zakiya Ismail Yr6

TIM PEAKE RETURNS

In December 2015 Tim Peake, launched into space in a Soyuz

capsule. Tim Peake is the first British astronaut from the Eu-

ropean Space Agency to live on the International Space Sta-

tion. During his time on the International Space Station, Tim

missed being with his family and said that one of the things he

was looking forward to back on Earth was the feeling of rain!

After spending six months in space, Tim landed safely back on

Earth at 10:15 a.m on Saturday the 18th June 2016. He landed

in Kazakhstan. On his return to Earth, Tim Peake said that

the journey back was ‘The best ride I’ve been on ever,’ adding,

‘The smells of Earth are just so strong.’

When Tim arrived on Earth, he could not walk the muscles in

his body would not work because he lived in space for six

months floating around in zero gravity.

Hajra Limalia and Aamirah Pandor Year 6

The Soyuz Capsule

Tim is carried out of the capsule which took

sooo long to open.

Landing the Soyuz Capsule

Landing the capsule on a target on Earth is a hard job. Here are some facts about

the journey

-The Soyuz space capsule starts its journey about 400 kilometres (248 miles) above

the Earth.

- The Soyuz space capsule travels at about 28,000 kilometres per hour (17,400 miles

per hour) and ends its journey to Earth at a speed of 0 kilometres or miles per hour.

- The Earth is continually turning on its axis, as day turns to night and back to

day.

Before Tim Peake was launched into space,

he gave the following message.

‘After a gap of 24 years since Helen Sharman flew to

the Mir space station, the Union flag is going to be

flown and worn in space once again. What that means

is that there’s nothing to stop the schoolkids of Great

Britain today from being amongst the first men and

women to set foot on Mars in the future.’

Imagine the next person in space having studied at Field Lane

JIN School! It could be you!

Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi

Al-Khawrizmi was a mathematician,

astronomer, astrologer,

geographer and a scholar in the House

of Wisdom in Baghdad. He was born in

Persia in 780. Al-Khwarizmi was one of

the cleverest and worked really hard in

the House of Wisdom. Researching and

teaching was done in the House of

Wisdom. He worked under the com-

mand of Khalif al-Mamun, son of Khalif

Harun AlRashid. They were made fa-

mous in the Arabian nights film.

Al-Khwarizmi discovered

Algebra, the balancing of equations.

He made tables with specific calcu-

lations. To this day we are taught

algebra in schools

Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-

Khwarizmi died in 850. He was re-

membered as one of the most sci-

entific minds of the early

Islamic times.

Years 5 and 6 have been studying the Golden age. The Golden age is a period where Islamic cul-

ture flourished and Baghdad became the centre for knowledge and learning. Scientists, doctors,

philosophers and engineers advanced in their fields. Find out about Al– Khwarizmi, by reading a

report about him below.

Ruta Zyngulte Aysha Bashir and Saimah Hafeji Year 6

Stuck for things to do in the holidays??

Find out about the circulatory system and what its function is.

Measure your pulse at rest, go out to play and measure your pulse again. Is there a differ-

ence?

What is Greek yoghurt– find out about the scientific process of how it is made.

Rocket Seeds experiment Tim Peake needed our help to take part in a space seeds experiment.

We were one of a thousand schools who took part in this experiment.

Two packets of seeds were sent to us, a blue packet and a red packet.

We did not know which packet was from Space. On the 20th of April,

we planted both packets of seeds. We planted 100 in total, 50 red and

50 blue.

Every 2 days, we watered the seeds. Every seed had its own cell and

5ml of water was squirted in each cell.

We predicted that the space seeds would grow longer than the normal

seeds. Our results have been sent off to the Royal Horticultural Society.

We are now eagerly waiting for Tim Peake to reveal which packet was

from space- but we think it was blue because those plants were taller!

Watch this space! (Do you get it- SPACE)

Saimah Hafeji and Aysha Bashir (Year 6)

Fair test– Same amount of water

Dependent variable– height of

plant, number of leaves

Independent variable– One packet

from space..

Stuck for things to do in the holidays??

Why not make use of those tissue rolls and boxes. Think

of a question to investigate.

Which objects would roll down the tube?

How far do objects roll down?

How can you make the same object travel further?

Year 1 Build Shelters

Year 1 have been busy this term building shelters both inside and

outside the classroom. They had a trial run inside where they had to

make a shelter for a small teddy. The children worked on their com-

munication skills and discussed which

materials would be suitable for a shelter. The ma-

terials they used were: sticks, plastic sheets, masking tape, felt and

material. They had to decide which materials were waterproof.

During the next session the children went outside to make their own

shelter, in which they had to be able to sit inside. Again the children

talked about which materials would be waterproof and light.

They used tarpaulin and comfy mats to sit on.

Think before you drink Year 4 have been looking at healthy diets as part of their topic. They looked at the sugar quantities in popular children’s drinks. The children looked at the drinks: Pepsi, Ribena, Frijj, Rubicon, Fla-voured water and normal water.

First they had to look at how much sugar there was per 100 ml and then calculate how much there was in the whole bottle. There next step was to weigh out the amount in sugar. The results were shocking.

They all predicted that Pepsi contained the most sugar. This was correct. However, Ribena was a close second and contained only grams less sugar than Pepsi. They were all surprised at Frijj, as they thought it wouldn't contain as much sugar. In summary year 4 found out that water is the best drink for your teeth as it has no sugar however, flavoured water does contain some sugars.

How to make a sedimentary

rock sandwich

Want to find out how sedimentary

rocks are made– why not try making

some with ingredients from your kitch-

en cupboard. The different ingredients

represent different elements.

Always ask an adult for

permission

You will need

-Paper towel (sea bed)

-White bread- white sand

-Brown bread- dust

-Chocolate spread- mud

-raisins- big rocks

-Red jam- old decaying plants

-Orange jam- old bones and remains of

animals

-Crackers- clay

Method

First lay down your paper towel.

Carefully lay down a slice of white

bread– this is the sand.

Next, spread over some red jam– this

is the decaying plants.

Then add some orange jam, these are

the old bones and animal remains.

Carefully add some dust by pressing

over a slice of brown bread.

The chocolate spread goes on next as

mud.

Finally you can sprinkle raisins and

crackers. Maryam Murtaza Year 4

Year 4 measured out how much sugar each drink contains.

This activity was fun. I enjoyed

weighing with sugar. I thought that the

milkshake Frijj, wouldn't

have had as much sugar

in!

Sedimentary rocks are formed by

these layers being compressed

over millions and millions of years.

Year 4 Parents become artists and

Scientists with Craig!

On Friday Craig Dyson told some parents and children from

year 4 his life story and about how he became an artist. In

this session our mission was to make a light emitting ob-

ject. He showed us the materials we could use which in-

cluded: paper, wire, thick and thin aluminium wire, card,

cellophane, cling film, rope and glue guns.

In the second session we hammered holes into a thin sheet

of aluminium and then shone a light through it. This creat-

ed a flower pattern. We also made a made a giant candle

in memory of Jo Cox. It was a lot of fun working with my

mum and I really enjoyed the workshop.

The Mosaic exhibition is now ready to view at Batley Art

gallery

Dayaan Sadiq and Maryam Murtaza Year 4

Stuck for things to do in the holidays??

Why not test the strength of different pyramid structures.

Change the height of the pyramid is it still stable? Test

this by placing the pyramids on a slanted ramp

Find out about the different parts of the digestive system and its functions.

Dayaan with his mum sculpting the flexible

aluminium wire.