We enjoyed welcoming back Mrs Norden for the grand opening of the Environmental Area. It was lovely sharing time with her in nature. Once the ribbon had been cut, we gave a loud cheer and then were eager to explore nature through a treasure hunt, trying to find the location of plants by matching photos. Here are some of our highlights:

‘I enjoyed my visit to the environment area. I especially liked working with a partner exploring nature.’ Olivia

‘It was nice seeing Mrs Norden open the wildlife area and then I enjoyed exploring.’ Sophie

‘I liked the treasure hunt where we had to match photos of plants to real life plants.’ Poppy

‘It was fun seeing nature such as the trees, flowers and bugs.’ Grayson

‘I liked sketching pictures of trees, leaves and plants.’ Buzzy.

‘I enjoyed working with my partner matching the photos.’ Hasandi

‘I am really happy that the environment area is now open and that I could wander around looking at nature.’ Callum

‘It was fun looking at the detail on the bark of the trees and finding bugs under the logs.’ Joe

As part of Science Week we also learnt about a local scientist, Elsie Widdowson who lived in Barrington near Cambridge, for 60 years. Elsie was a pioneering nutrition scientist who helped to develop war time rations. We were curious to find out more about war rations and how people managed to stay fit and healthy during the war despite being on a rationed diet. The fun fact we learnt was that rationing made those growing up in the war cut out rich, sugary and fatty foods, which had a positive impact on their growing brains. Perhaps we should be more curious and try eating less sugar to see if it makes our brains grow?

We have also been curious about the future and have explored the role of AI. We discussed whether all human activity and thinking could be replaced by a robot. What do you think? We thought about the risks involved in machine learning jobs as opposed to how robots can be useful and enhance our lives. We sorted machine-based jobs and ranked them as to how much we’d trust them doing the job. Would you trust a robot?