Young Engineers at Work (Y2)

This week, Year 2 have been making fairground wheels. The aim was to create a stable structure so that the wheel rotates and the structure stands freely. We built stable bases out of junk modelling materials and attached our wheels to the axles. Finally, some of us created pods which turned on their own axels. […]

Big Questions, Bright Ideas

Year Two had a fantastic Science Day, proudly wearing their house colours and getting stuck into lots of exciting activities. The children explored four different experiments, making predictions and observing what happened. In one class, the big question was: “Which paper aeroplane will fly the furthest?” Working in small groups, the children designed their own […]

Exploding with curiosity (Y5)

Year 5 had a fantastic Science Day filled with curiosity and hands-on experiments and the children thoroughly enjoyed exploring a range of exciting activities! A colourful skittles investigation explored whether sugar dissolves faster in warm or hot water. The children loved watching the colours swirl and were surprised by how temperature affects dissolving. Things got […]

The Great Biscuit Dunk-Off! (Y4)

During Science Day, Year 4 tested the VERY important question, “Which biscuit is best for dunking in tea?” The children discussed different ways we could test this and decided that the fairest method was to dip each biscuit and count the number of dunks until the biscuit fell apart. We knew that we had to […]

Rainbow in motion (Y4)

During Science Day, the children explored the question, “How do colours travel through water?”. To do this they carried out the ‘travelling colours’ experiment using cups of water, food colouring and kitchen towels. Before starting the experiment they made predictions on what might happen. Some thought the colours would stay in the cup while others […]

Burning down houses (Y2)

Year 2 have been learning about the Great Fire of London, which took place in 1666 and began in a bakery on Pudding Lane. To bring their learning to life, the children worked together to build their own houses out of boxes, inspired by the wooden buildings in London at the time. We then recreated […]

Stepping back 2,000 years! (Y4)

This week, Year 4 were lucky enough to be able to visit a real Roman temple, which is fortunately just down the road! We visited London Mithraeum, which was discovered during the rebuilding of the city post WW2. A Mithraeum is a special temple dedicated to the Roman god Mithras. Followers of Mithras were very […]

Run, rugby and resilience!

31 children from Year 4 and 5 were lucky enough to be selected to take part in a special event, teaching girls from schools all over Southwark the basic skills needed to play rugby. The event took place at Burgess Park and we were initially disappointed to find that it was a very rainy afternoon! However, all the children […]

Culture Day

Culture Day at Michael Faraday is a great way to showcase our wonderfully diverse community and this year we did it in style! From Nigeria to Albania, the Uk to Singapore, from Algeria to South America; we represented different nations from across the world and celebrated our differences. Children enjoyed a range of activities with […]

Love, Drama and the Globe (Y6)

Year 6 enjoyed an unforgettable trip to the iconic Shakespeare’s Globe as part of our Writing topic on Romeo and Juliet. The children were thrilled to step inside the famous theatre and imagine what it would have been like to watch one of William Shakespeare’s plays over 400 years ago. During our tour, we explored […]