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Tag Archives: science
Good bacteria – lactobaccilus
As part of our Dirty Stinky Children project we want to know all about microorganisms – the good, the bad and the ugly! We have learnt a lot about infections and diseases, rotting and decomposing and how our bodies protect … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Stinky Children, experiments, fun, hands-on, Irchester, Lab_13 Irchester, Microbiology, science
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Swabbing the School (Irchester)
We swabbed different parts of the school searching for bacteria. To do this we had to make agar gel.The way this works is the bacteria feeds on the glucose in the nutrient agar which makes them grow into a colony … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Stinky Children, DSC, experiments, hands-on, Irchester, Lab_13, Lab_13 Irchester, science
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Lab_13 Kids Conference 2014!
Today, Lab_13 Irchester hosted the Lab_13 Kids Conference. It was the first time ever that the management committee kids from all the Lab_13s met up at the same time! Management teams from Gillespie, Dovecote and Irchester joined together to share … Continue reading
Inspiring Girls into Science
One of the values of our school is fairness and we think that it is important that, if they are interested, girls are encouraged into science careers. Girls and women are not encouraged enough; here are some statistics to prove … Continue reading
Citizen Science on our Residential to Wales
Recently, Year 6 went on a residential to Longtown which is located on the Black Mountains of Wales. As this was such a contrasting landscape and environment to what we are used to we decided to do some scientific experiments … Continue reading
Coming soon…..
Excitement is building in Irchester… The Lab_13 Lectures are just three weeks away! We are pleased to say that both showings are now FULLY BOOKED which means we have about 400 children from Year5, 6 and 7 coming from all … Continue reading
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Tagged Committee, Community, experiments, fun, hands-on, Irchester, Lab_13, Lab_13 Irchester, Lab_13 Lectures, science
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How we share how Lab_13 Irchester works!
At Lab_13 we love to share our ideas with other communities. Miss Hogan does a lot of that! Last week was particularly busy for her… Miss Hogan went to a ‘Teach Meet’ at Wrenn Secondary school. There, she had exactly … Continue reading
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Tagged Irchester, Lab_13 Irchester, Northants, science, Science CPD, TeachMeets, University of Northampton
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StarWatch Live at Irchester
On the 3rd of February we held a StarWatching event at Lab_13. THE WEATHER DIDN’T LET US DOWN! Just at the last moment the clouds cleared and it was a clear sky and you could see all the stars and … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Community, Irchester, Lab_13 Irchester, Northants Amateur Astonomy, science, Stargazing
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Using Children’s Questions to Plan Science in the Classroom
In Irchester, we have encouraged and developed an open ended and curiosity driven approach to science in the classrooms too, not just in Lab_13. Our teachers ask the children what they want to know about the upcoming science topic and … Continue reading
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Tagged child-led learning, curiosity driven, Irchester, Lab_13 Irchester, Questions, science
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Dads Club – Science of Cider
Dads Club on a Friday has been going from strength to strength in Irchester. The latest project has been all about the Science of Cider. As we had so many apples in our gardens at the beginning of October we … Continue reading
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Tagged Activities, dads, Dads club, experiments, fun, hands-on, Investigate, Lab_13 Irchester, science, tinkering
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