A SCIENCE Day has helped pupils in Year 3 and 4 at Wool C of E First School to learn about rocks and soil as part of their science topic this term.

The event benefited from guest-scientist Stuart White who was on hand to help with the experiments and answer questions.

He brought in lots of equipment and samples so that the budding young scientists could conduct a variety of experiments to determine size, absorption, hardness and permeability and also think about how different materials are used in industry.

Stuart said: “Not enough people understand the use that geology can be in understanding materials and their use in everyday modern life.”

Young scientist Cobie Cheeseman, who enjoyed both the day and working with Stuart, said: “I like science because you can do interesting experiments. It’s exciting testing rocks although some of the experiments have been quite difficult.”

Class teacher Sally Warburton, who arranged the visit for Science Day, added: “Today’s work fits in to our science curriculum really well and I’m very grateful for Stuart’s expert input.

“The day will help the children to acquire investigation, observation and prediction skills which will be really useful in conducting future science experiments.”