Science 

Autumn 1 Feedback

The science curriculum champions were all AMAZING! Well done everyone. 

They all shared with me apiece of work from their favourite lesson and also the piece of work that they are most proud of, they also all told me something new that they had learnt this year. 

Y1: Theo shared LOTS of amazing information about Komodo dragons, he knew that they are reptiles, that they have a split tongue, that they are venomous (his word!) and cold blooded. Millie shared what she had learnt about mammals and that we are mammals even though lots of people might not think we are. 

Y2: Owen shared what he had learnt about properties of materials and gave me lots of properties of a pencil. Sophia shared that objects can be made from different materials. She also shared about the objects that they had buried in the school grounds (which led to some fantastic ideas of further questions to investigate linked to this from other children). Natalya shared that scissors can be made from hard metal or plastic and she was very proud of her observational drawing of scissors.

Y3: Tabitha, Freya and Alfie were very enthusiastic in telling me about hydrostatic skeletons and endo/exoskeletons-they knew what this meant. They shared with us all how the biceps and triceps work together as muscles and that they contract or relax. They had enjoyed making a poster to share their learning. They enjoyed playing 'Mr Blevins Says'.

Y4: Ruby and Mason were very keen to tell me about Weedy the sea dragon and the threat they are under due to their habitats being destroyed and humans wanting to keep them as pets. They had enjoyed watching the clip about Weedy. 

Y5: Dexter and Joshua were eager to show me the graphs that they have made to demonstrate the difference in lengths of gestation period between different animals, They cold tell me what gestation meant. They have enjoyed revisiting the animal classification groups and were clear about the features of each. They knew that rhino was a mammal! Dexter and Joshua were particularly strong is suggesting lines of enquiry for the Y2 children to explore about materials. 

Y6: Harvey, Jacob and Amiah all shared that they are enjoying this unit of science and have enjoyed collecting their own data. They have found learning about evolution interesting. Harvey has enjoyed learning more about Charles Darwin and understanding what kind of a scientist he is and what he has cone. Amiah was very clear about what evolution is and how this is linked to species adapting to survive. 

Jacob has enjoyed learning more about fossils.

Y5 and Y6 have enjoyed quiz, quiz, trade and Kahoot quizzes-they want to do this more. The other year groups would like to play some games in science. 

Y6 would like to do more practical investigations to explore things-we talked about the exploration investigation using tweezers to represent different beaks and how they were likely going to do this soon.

Y5 want to do more Zooms with scientists as they loved the Tim Peake session they had. They would also like to use some video clips to help them see 'weird things' like what a pregnant elephant looks like. 

Y4 would like to do quizzes in their lessons and do some more practical investigations.

Y3 would like to play quiz, quiz, trade and do some vocabulary relays again. They would also like to explore some actual skeletons!

Y2 would like to find out what happens if they leave their objects in the grounds for longer or in different places.

Y1 would like real animals to come into school when they are learning about animals so that they can see them (and cuddle them, but not the Komodo dragon)

There were mixed responses about curiosity areas-Y5 and Y6 were the only year groups really clear about what was in these and that they were being used. Y5 were 'outraged' that someone has been stealing the Orbies!!!

Autumn 2 Feedback

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• All children enjoy science and were eager to tell me about what they had been learning-they used appropriate vocabulary when sharing their learning
• Children could tell me that science was an important subject and clearly understood that scientists help us to discover new things and solve problems
• Children were able to talk about the work of scientists and knew some interesting things about scientists which has helped them to understand why scientists and science are important
• Children were looking forward to the Traveling Science visit next week and spoke positively about the impact of these workshops on their learning and enjoyment of science

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• From the children's perspective, they wish they were able to play games more regularly in science-like relay races, quiz, quiz, trade and Kahoot and if there more opportunities for WOW science or for them to do experiments.