Science busking.
During science week, our Year 5 science buskers joined the Year 2 children at lunch time to demonstrate some simple science experiments. The Year 2 children then had a go at the activities and were very surprised by what they found!
British Science Week 2022
British Science Week is back, and takes place from 11th March to the 20th March. This year's theme is 'Growth' and they've launched their annual poster competition. The details are on the document below. We'd love to see some creative entries!
A geology virtual visit!
As Year 3 are currently learning all about rocks, they had a special visit from Richard, who is a geologist. He showed the children a wide variety of rocks, explained why geology is so important in everyday life and answered lots of interesting questions.
Crest club
Our master bridge builders are at work at science club. You can try this activity too using the Crest Superstar Challenge activity, Bridge Blunder.
https://primarylibrary.crestawards.org/all-superstar-challenges/61747644
Calling all scientists!
Looking for some super science investigations at home? Check out Marvin and Milo for lots of excellent physics activities.
https://spark.iop.org/collections/marvin-and-milo#gref
Another fun website is
https://www.rigb.org/families/experimental
If you do try any activities, let your teacher know. We'd love to hear about them!
Bushmead Science Principles competition.
These are some of the excellent entries that we received for the Bushmead Science Principles poster competition. We were very impressed by all of the entries! The overall winner was Layla in 5 Galileo. Well done Layla!