Science makes a significant contribution to the education of our children. Through their investigations and enquiries children are able to acquire an awareness of:
The importance of science in everyday life
The part science has played in the development of many of the things they use in real life
The need to treat their environment with care and sensitivity
The need to treat all living things with the respect they deserve as part of God’s creation.
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that takes place between 8th-17th March 2024.
The theme this year for British Science Week is Time.
British Science Week 2024 marks the Week's 30th anniversary which makes this year a very special celebration, celebrating TIME!
At Saint John's we have enjoyed celebrating British Science Week in lots of different ways.
This Year's Whole School Challenge
To fit with this year's theme "Time" all the classes and the staff were asked to participate in a number of timed challenges.
We were wanting to investigate the following questions;
Would the older children be quicker at certain tasks?
Were the younger children quickest at other challenges?
Were the staff going to be the quickest because they were the oldest?
Challenge 1: A timed obstacle course.
Challenge 2: How long it would take to build a 5 block tower in succession.
Challenge 3: How many star jumps could be performed in 1 minute.
Challenge 4: An average time for completing one lap of our school path.
WHOLE SCHOOL CHALLENGES
Visitors from Victrex
Once again this year, we were lucky enough to have scientists from Victrex come to work with all of our classes. Key Stage 1 carried out an experiment to look at how different liquids affected the time it took for the browning or "oxidation" of a piece of apple. Key Stage 2 had the opportunity to design their own sand timers.
Our Victrex Visitors
Live Lessons....
The children had the opportunity to tune into live lessons during the week including:
A day in the life of a farmer.
A day in the life of a farm vet.
Live Lessons
Poster Competition....
A whole school competition was also launched to find entries for this year's British Science Week competition. A STEM prize was provided for the winning entry from every class.
Here are our winners for St John's Poster Competition 2024.
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that takes place between 10th-19th March 2022.
The theme this year for British Science Week is CONNECTIONS.
At Saint John's we have enjoyed celebrating British Science Week in lots of different ways.
Whole School "Connections" Challenge
Science Week 2023
This year's whole school challenge was to pass a message from Year 2, to Reception, to Year 1, to Year 3, then 4, 5, 6 before the message finally reaches Ms Almond's office. "Connecting" the classes!!!!
The message needed to be passed through school using different STEM methods which the children came up with, using science, technology or maths.
Here are a few of the methods we came up with.......
Year 2 to Year 1
Year 1 to Reception
Year 3 to 4
Year 4 to 5
Year 6 to the School Office
Visitors from VICTREX
During Science Week, we were lucky enough to have some STEM Ambassadors visit us from Victrex. During the day the whole school had the opportunity to plan, design and construct using the theme "Connections."
Key Stage 1 had a fantastic time designing then constructing their own marble runs.
Key Stage One
Key Stage 2 enjoyed designing and constructing their own spaghetti and marshmallow structures.
Key Stage 2
During Science Week we all had the opportunity to watch live STEM sessions and explore questions like........
How are tractors connected to space?
How are pigs connected to jumbo jets?
And how are sheep connected to seaweed?
There were also live lessons about Forces and Space to watch!
A Scientist Like Me
We had the opportunity to learn about "A Scientist Like Me." We learnt about what their job entails as well as their interests and what led them to become a scientist.
Year 3 were even lucky enough to hold a live Zoom chat with their chosen scientist!
During the week we had the opportunity to investigate and explore different "Connections".
We held a competition to find the best Connections Posters that were then entered into a National Competition.
Here is a selection of photographs from during our week.
Science News.....
During Science Week in 2023 we were lucky enough to get to work along side scientists from VICTREX.
VICTREX as a company actively work to bring STEM careers to young people.
Today VICTREX donated a selection of STEM-based books to add to our school library which we are very grateful for.
Thank you to VICTREX for our lovely STEM-based books
Other Science going on around school.........
Bird Club
Visit Our School
St John's Catholic
Primary School
Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Sayers
Poulton-Le-Fylde, Breck Road, Poulton le Fylde, FY6 7HT
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