We have recently (2024) achieved the nationally recognised Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM), raising the standard of science education across the school and enthusing the future generation of scientists. We have lots that we wish to share with you.

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• Principles of science
• Science vision for the school
• Our Science Ambassadors and their fantastic work.
• Science in school
• STEM Club

Principles of science:

We believe that children are the future of science and that they must be inspired, and taught the knowledge and skills that will start their scientific journey in education.

We ensure that the scientific learning starts with the child and their experiences. Our lessons are purposeful, engaging and investigative while ensuring the secure retention of knowledge and learning the skills, mindset and curiosity needed to be a scientist.

Children will know that science is everywhere around them and an important part of their everyday lives.

We aim for every child to feel that science is for them.

Vision of science

Our Science Ambassadors

Our science ambassadors help organise the resources for science lessons and can be used to help Willow class with the more messy experiements. When we have science week, our science ambassadors help to come up with ideas for the experiments that they want to showcase. We have working lunchtime meetings when there is something that needs to be organised.

Science in school

Term 1 and 2

Willow class

We are currently learning about different materials.

Chestnut class

We have started to learn about different forces under the topic title of "Engineering". This involves planning various experiments which investigate each of the different forces in turn. These are the pictures from our science elicitation lesson:

STEM Club is taking a break this term but will be back soon!

Here are some of the activities that we did in the last academic year:

Wet and Wild

This was a My Science Club unit and we some of our favourite activities were making and testing out our pressure gauges, rain gauges, learning about the water cycle and making weather vanes.

What's out there?

A space unit started off this term. We have enjoyed making the solar system and investigating the shape and depth of meteorites.