On Friday when we came into school and Miss McLean put us into groups from 1 to 11. Then we went to the Atrium, where we were told how to make a rocket mouse. After that we were shown to our tables and met lots of other children. Parents were there too!

We had a time limit to make our own rocket mice – 25 minutes. After that we had two heats to see which mouse would fly ( with the help of some empty milk cartons ) the highest.

Each group came out individually to set their mice off. The person who’s mouse flew the highest went into the final heat- the final!

Two people got into the last heat from our class- Keira and Sofia. Unfortunately they did not win.  We had a class competition for the best design. Sean won!

When we came back, we learned about how aeroplanes fly.  They fly using four forces – thrust, weight, lift and drag. The wings being curved on an aeroplane causes the force lift.

We made two paper aeroplanes next.  We had to make one that would fly far and one that would stay in the air for a long time.  We had to test our aeroplanes in the class and we were allowed to try and improve them if we could.

We had a competition on the pitch.  Keira’s went the furthest and Lucie’s stayed in the air for the longest time.

After lunch, we made cress heads.  First we had to put a pair of tights over a cup and fill the tights with cress seeds and soil.  Sometimes Miss McLean forgot about the cress! Oops!  Then we tied the ends of the tights and made a nose on our head.  We have taken the cress heads home, and when the seed germinates, we have to cut a hole in the tights so the cress can grow.

We loved STEM week and are sad that it is over.  We hope we get to do it again next year.