Science Learning

Top Secret Visit from the Moon! | 20 May 2019

On Thursday last week, we had a top secret visit – so top secret we’re only now allowed to tell you – from the Moon and a meteorite! Colleagues from Bradford Grammar School had been entrusted by NASA to look after a sample of moon rock and a piece of meteorite from the Campo del …

LAUNCHING – #ExploriFriday Competition! | 13 Feb 2019

To all our lovely Tranmere Families, LAUNCHING – A ‘just for fun’ competition every Friday! (until we stop!) Follow us on Twitter @tranmerepark and every Friday morning we will tweet a picture from the wonderful @ExplorifySchool science programme. It will be a picture of an everyday object, creature or thing, BUT it will be zoomed in …

Announcing the Science Mascot Winner…. | 08 Feb 2018

Congratulations to Bailey in Woodpecker Class for creating the fabulous, winning Science Mascot design! His design has been turned into a digital logo so that it can be used all around school to promote the exciting science that is happening.   Look out on the Tranmere Times tomorrow for details of our next science competition!

Some of our science superstars took part in a bouncy science day last Thursday. They created their own rubber bouncy balls from scratch and then investigated the properties of them.        In the afternoon they became science educators and put together presentations about their investigations. Key Stage one focused on communicating how to make …

“Healthy Heart” Workshops with Heart Research UK | 05 Jan 2018

Heart Research UK came in today to to deliver a workshop, on how pupils can keep their Heart Healthy. The workshop covered the heart, why it is so important, what it does and how to keep your heart healthy by eating a healthy diet, being active and not smoking. It also includes the importance of …

We carried out parachute experiments, ensuring a fair test, to investigate air resistance.

As a school, we have drawn up some core principles for science at Tranmere. We feel that they should allow us to create an engaging and enjoyable science learning experience for all pupils throughout their Tranmere journey. We hope you agree! Core Principles

Tranmere Park Primary School are working towards the Primary Science Quality Mark over the course of this year. In 2013 we achieved the Silver PSQM Award and this time we are going to go for the PSQM Outreach Award (which means we will need to meet the Gilt Award criteria with an extra cherry on top!) Wish …
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