We are so pleased to have taken part in activities to celebrate BSW at school this week. The theme this year is ‘Change and Adapt’. Children have taken part in various activities, such as watching live lessons by the National Farmers’ Union, learning about Sustainable AI and being immersed in a live space lesson.

Investigations have included: what should be flushed down the toilet, how sports and games can be adapted for children with disabilities, how crystals form and grow, as well as how butter can be made. Classes are also in the process of measuring children to find the average height in each class to provide a visual graph to show how we change as we get older.

We have also been talking to the children about how science is all around us all the time, from the cars they travel in, the games consoles they may use and the kitchen equipment in their homes.

A highlight for our KS2 children was their Kapla workshop yesterday. Thank you to the parents and carers for their contributions to enable this event to happen. It was great fun, the children thoroughly enjoyed this construction experience; four hours of work, by over 100 children, resulted in an impressive display of sculptures in the hall. The demolition phase was a lot quicker than the construction phase! Please take a look at the photographs.

We have also been talking about careers that use Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) skills. If any parents/carers would like to come in and talk to the children about how STEM is used in their jobs, please let us know (not just scientists, but anything that uses science, e.g. opticians, medical workers, hairdressers, geologists to name a few).