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Tag Archives: Irchester
Irchester news: Tasting Citizen Science at parents evening
On Tuesday 28th February and the 1st of March at parent evening, Lab_ 13 ran a little stall doing experiments to do with taste: we were inspired by the BBC Terrific Scientific supertasters experiment. For the first experiment we showed … Continue reading
Holiday Club at Irchester: Rockets and Air-zookas!
Hello and welcome to the Lab_13 Blog!!! Today’s blog is about… the Lab_13 Irchester Half Term Holiday Club! All the children who came to the club had LOTS OF FUN!!! They made rocket fuel (for POP ROCKETS not REAL ROCKETS) … Continue reading
New Year, New Irchester Committee!
For the new year of 2017, we have four brand new committee members to keep our Lab_13 Irchester running, and to present at the upcoming 5th annual lab_13 lectures! At our first committee club of term, they wrote their first blog posts … Continue reading
Lab_13 Irchester’s 5th Birthday Party!
To celebrate Lab_13 Irchester turning a fantastic 5 years old, we had an amazing day; the Wonderful World of Science! It was a Birthday party that lasted all day, and everyone in the school could come! We had three different … Continue reading
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Watching the Spacewalk from Irchester!
On Friday 15th January some of Irchester Primary School pupils watched Tim Peake and Tim Kopra go out of the International Space Station. They went out to fix a solar panel relay box, and to put in a new cable. … Continue reading
Exciting Award for Lab_13 Irchester!
This week Mrs Alison came in to the Lab 13 Committee meeting and announced some great news: that we had won a national community award! We are very happy to accept this award and hopefully this Friday we can announce … Continue reading
The Winner of Irchester’s Shadow Art Competition
On Friday the 22nd of May we introduced the shadow art competition for the lab’s 4th Birthday. We were impressed by all of the entries, there were loads of different ones including Elizabeth 1st walking her dog, a pretty cool … Continue reading
New Scientist in Residence at Irchester
My name is Alice Draper, and I’m very excited to be starting as the new Scientist for Lab_13 Irchester! I’ve loved science before I even knew what “science” was- I remember being in Year 2 or 3 at school, and … Continue reading
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British Science Week
British Science Week began last week and the theme this year is motion. With this in mind, Lab_13 Irchester organised a competition in which children had to make a presentation about how something moves. On Wednesday and Thursday, the lucky … Continue reading
OFSTED: Research and Analysis – Improving science with the Lab 13 Irchester project
Good practice in Science at Irchester Primary school recognised by Ofsted Yesterday (3rd March 2015) Ofsted published an example of good practice in science teaching. The report celebrates the role of Lab 13 in driving school improvement at Irchester Community Primary … Continue reading
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