St. Andrew's
Church of England Primary School
'With Faith, Hope and Love we can achieve greater things'
St Andrew's - a Good Samaritan School (Luke 10: 25-37). Making a difference so all can flourish.
Subjects - Science
Subject Definition
Science is the study of the world around us to gain knowledge and understanding of how it works. Scientists do this by asking questions and carrying out systematic enquiries.
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Useful Websites
Primary Science Teaching Trust
https://pstt.org.uk/resources/curriculum-materials/Science-Fun-at-Homet
British Science Association
https://primarylibrary.crestawards.org/all-star-challenges/61746949 (For 5-7 year olds)
https://primarylibrary.crestawards.org/all-superstar-challenges/61747644 (For 7-11 year olds)
BBC
Terrific Scientific - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/terrific-scientific/KS2/zryjpg8
Bitesize KS1 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6svr82
Bitesize KS2 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z2pfb9
Explorify on Twitter
https://twitter.com/hashtag/ScienceFromHome
Children's University (Year 3-6)
https://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/learning-activities/science/
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WOW Science
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CBeebies (EYFS -Year 2)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/lets-go-club-five-excellent-experiments
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/science-activities
Whiz Pop Bang
https://www.whizzpopbang.com/free-resources/
Bright Sparks - sign up for an online science club and links to Youtube live streams of investigations
https://www.brightsparksscience.co.uk/online-science-club/?et_fb=1&PageSpeed=off
Wow Science
BP Education
https://bpes.bp.com/home-learning
Science Kids
National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/
Easy Science for Kids
https://easyscienceforkids.com/
How Stuff Works
https://science.howstuffworks.com/
Nasa
https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
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Intent
We use the Science Enquiry Cycle to teach procedural knowledge.
Year 4...exploring circuits
Year 4...discovering how muscles contract and relax
​Year 6...researching to group and classify
​Year 6...researching to group and classify
Implementation
Sports Science Week...Workshops run by Medical Mavericks
Science Week all about Journeys...this is some of the work in our exhibition. It was entered into a competition with other schools in the city hosted by the University of Wolverhampton.
We held workshops so parents could come and work with their children on the projects.
The Winners Celebration at Wolverhampton University
Visit to the Micro Science Festival all about Forensics at Worcester University
A Visit to the Zoo for Year 2...getting up close to the animals.
Girls in Science...encouraging the next generation of female scientists
Impact
The smiles and concentration say it all. We really enjoy science. We love investigating and are curious to find things out