Welcome to our ‘Science in Action’ page. Below you will find some of the practical investigations and enquiries we have carried out across EYFS to Y6. You will also see some of the wider curriculum enrichment activities we have been engaging in, to help enhance our cultural capital in the world of Science…

PSQM

This month, we have been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM), recognising our commitment to excellence in science teaching and learning. This prestigious award celebrates the high-quality science education we provide through our curriculum and a wide range of enrichment opportunities, inspiring curiosity and a lifelong love of science in our pupils.

Mad Science Assembly
This morning, we were treated to a special whole school assembly run by Mad Science. We learned all about the Olympics and the important role science plays in its sports. We investigated reaction time, aerodynamics and of course, finished by making our own Olympic flame through combustion!

Mad Science Assembly

Space Week 
To celebrate Space Week, pupils take part in a range of exciting activities in their science lessons, provision and homework. These activities help them learn about life in space, space travel, and what it might be like to visit or even live beyond Earth. Children explore big questions about how astronauts survive, how we travel through space, and whether humans could one day live on other planets. This is always a very popular and inspiring week with our pupils.

Space Week

EYFS Temple Newsam Farm Trip
To round off their half-term learning focus of animals, Robins and Bluebirds visit Temple Newsam Farm.

EYFS Temple Newsam Farm Trip

Y4 Boggle Hole Residential 
As part of their residential trip to Boggle Hole, Y4 take part in a mini-beast hunt, fossil hunting and rock-pooling.

Y4 Boggle Hole (Science Enrichment)

British Science Week
Each year during British Science Week, our whole school takes part in a shared science investigation. This is a fantastic opportunity for children across all year groups to come together, explore ideas, ask questions and develop their scientific thinking.

Alongside the in-school investigation, pupils are also given a piece of themed homework linked to the national theme for the week. This encourages families to get involved, continue the learning at home, and celebrate the excitement of science together.

British Science Week

/i/video/My_Movie_3.mov

Y5 Guiseley Taster Day – A Journey to Mars
Each summer, Year 5 visit Guiseley High School to take part in a taster day. During their visit, pupils spend time in the Science Department where they take part in a hands-on investigation linked to the day’s theme. This provides a valuable opportunity for children to experience working in a secondary school science laboratory while applying their scientific skills to a practical challenge.

A Journey to Mars

The Great Science Share for Schools
During Great Science Share for Schools, pupils take part in a range of activities and discussion sessions that encourage them to ask, investigate and share scientific questions that are important to them. Throughout the week, children explore different investigations during their science lessons and classroom provision, helping them develop curiosity, problem-solving skills and a love of scientific enquiry.

GSSFS

Mars Day
To celebrate Mars Day today, pupils across school, from EYFS to Y6, have taken part in a range of different fun and engaging activities centered around the terrestrial planet! From taking part in STEM interactive live lessons and quizzes, to creating their own rockets, Mars Rovers (edible of course!), aliens, watercolour and bubble paintings and, attempting to program their own Scratch characters to land on Mars…

Mars Day

Chicks in KS1
To enhance and enrich the childrens’ learning within their current ‘Animals Including Humans’ science unit, KS1 have had a very special delivery this week! 20 eggs were delivered in an incubator with news that they would soon be hatching! This morning the children arrived at school to discover 2 chicks had already hatched, and by the end of the day they had a whopping 7!

Chicks

International Day of Girls and Women in Science 
To celebrate International Day of Girls and Women in Science, pupils have spent some time learning about important women from the industry. They have then independently researched selected Girls and Women of which they made detailed, vibrant and informative posters and biographies about. Pupils have also spent some time learning about the different job roles within the field of science (zoologists, biologists, and astronomers – to name a few!), and many have been inspired to think about these roles as potential future careers! Our reading areas across school this week, have been filled with books that highlight inspirational Girls and Women in this field, both past and present.

Women and Girls in STEM

World Soil Day

This week, Puffins participated in World Soil Day by joining in with Country Trust’s ‘Plant Your Pants’ campaign. This is a campaign being promoted by the Trust to engage people in understanding and investigating soil health.

Plant Your Pants