4 Abingdon Prep • April 2024 Safer Internet Day is the UK’s biggest celebration of online safety. In their Computing lessons, we looked at the following topics in workshops: • Young people’s perspective on new and emerging technology • Using the internet to make change for the better • The changes young people want to see online • The things that can influence and change the way young people think, feel and act online and offline. To complement the workshops, pupils were invited to a ‘technology museum’ where they could get hands-on experience of technology through the ages. IN SCHOOL Y1 Shadow Puppet Show SCIENCE WEEK Each spring, schools all over the UK celebrate Science Week, an annual event of STEM activities promoted by the British Science Association (BSA). We were busy at Abingdon Prep with most year groups taking part in fun activities and workshops, many following this year’s theme of ‘time’. Year 8R and Pre-Prep teamed up to work together on a number of activities: Reception timed pendulums; Year 2 made sand or water timers, and Year 1 made shadow puppets. The older pupils enjoyed working with the younger children. Ian from Science Oxford visited to give Years 3 to 5 a ‘Fire’ Show, which concentrated on teaching the Fire triangle, but finished with coloured flames and a fire volcano! Ian then gave a Forces Show to Year 6, which looked at many different kinds of forces, from Newton to aerodynamics, from bridge-building to the shape of eggs. There was lots of enthusiastic audience participation too. Earlier in the week, Years 7 and 8 took part in two different workshops. Year 7 explored the properties of dry ice with Nitro-Jen from Bright Sparks, and Year 8 tried to make earthquake-proof buildings from spaghetti and marshmallows with the Outreach Team from Oxford University’s Earth Sciences Department - the roller frames were super at simulating quakes. You can’t set fire to a balloon full of water! Year 6 Forces Talk Electromagnetism For our Science Week assembly, Year 8R presented and acted some of the greatest science discoveries ever for the rest of the school to guess. From being attracted into a black hole, to having an apple fall on one’s head, to the petri-dish that broke the mould (pun intended) for Fleming, assembly was full of science facts. Bienvenue à la crêperie! In French, Year 3 have been learning how to order in a café and got to practise this with a visit to our pop-up APS crêperie. They placed their orders, exchanged greetings and basic conversation with our helpful waiters and listened carefully for their order to be called. With a choice of chocolate, strawberry or sugar and lemon, there were some tricky decisions to be made! Y2 Making a water timer Internet Safety
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