The children in the Junior Room are currently exploring the life cycle of a frog, and it has been a truly engaging experience. They have been fascinated by watching tadpoles hatch from frog spawn and begin their journey of growth into adult frogs (under licence).

Starting as eggs laid in clusters known as spawn, the frogs develop into tadpoles before undergoing metamorphosis—the remarkable transformation from aquatic tadpoles into young frogs. By keeping frog spawn in glass tanks in the classroom, the children have a valuable opportunity to closely observe each stage of this life cycle and deepen their understanding through hands-on learning.

As part of Science Week 2025, the children in the Senior Room proudly presented a wonderful variety of individual science experiments to their classmates—and to the very excited visitors from the Junior Room.

Each pupil chose their own investigation to demonstrate, turning the classroom into a lively science fair filled with colour and curiosity. Some highlights included Walking Water, the strange and squishy world of Oobleck, the explosive fun of Elephant Toothpaste, and the ever-popular Volcanic eruption. There was also a display of Fizzy Colours, a spinning demonstration of Centripetal Force, the colourful swirl of Rainbow Skittles, bubbling Vinegar and Baking Soda reactions, and a sparkling mixture of glitter, water, and soap.

The Senior Room children explained their experiments with confidence and enthusiasm, while the Junior Room pupils listened eagerly, asked some wonderful questions, and joined in the excitement. It was a fantastic celebration of creativity, learning, and hands-on discovery—well done to all our young scientists.

During Science Week, the Junior Room took part in the Walking Water Experiment. The children arranged a line of glasses on the table, filling every second glass with  different coloured water. Then folded paper towels were placed between each cup to act as bridges.

Before long, the children noticed the colours beginning to “walk” along the paper towels. Slowly, the coloured water travelled from one glass to the next, creating new colours as it mixed.

Throughout the experiment, the class observed how absorption works and how water can move even without being poured. They enjoyed making predictions and watching the colours meet and mix in the empty glasses.

Science Week in the Senior Room was bursting with colour… literally. This week, our class explored how different liquids can form a rainbow in a glass using just honey, baby oil, water, and food colouring.

We began by mixing food colouring with different liguids to create solutions of varying density. Then with very steady hands, we carefully layered each coloured liquid into a tall glass slowly forming a bright, beautiful rainbow of colours.

The experiment taught us how density works and why heavier liquids stay at the bottom while lighter ones float on top. The class had great fun and learned something new  – Science Week success.

The children in Miss Daly’s class had a fantastic time during Science Week discovering the magic of buoyancy with the “Dancing Raisins” experiment.

Here’s the quick science: When raisins are dropped into a fizzy drink, they sink. But then, carbon dioxide bubbles stick to them, acting like tiny balloons that carry the raisins to the surface. Once the bubbles pop at the top, the raisins sink back down, creating a fun, dancing effect until the soda goes flat. It was a fun yet powerful lesson that the children really enjoyed.