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We aim high and reach for the stars!
We have had some fantastic pieces of work this week. We have had shoe making and Christmas information reports as well as lots of painting!
Here is some fantastic work from 4LA this week! Well done everybody. 🤩
A huge well done to Oliver this week who has created a fantastic story this week.
Check out some of the pieces of work created at home this week!
https://scienceoxford.com/big-science-event-at-home/
Hi all,
Above is a link to a science competition you can enter. Similar to our school led one, you need to think of a question and complete an investigation. You then submit you work online, it could be a short video (maximum 2 minutes); a poster; a photo diary; or a written report. You can upload a Word document, PDF, image or video link via the website.
Prizes include:£500 of Playforce playground equipment that you could win for your school, 25 subscriptions to The Curiosity Box as well as family tickets to the Science Oxford Centre when they reopen.
Practical Ideas: this week two lovely activities from fellow PSTT Regional Mentor, Claire Seeley.
Make a bird banquet (Check out my Twitter feed for a picture of this.)
Equipment: string, suitable bird foods (seeds, cooked rice, cereals, grated cheese, fruit, baked potatoes), scissors, egg box.
How to: egg boxes have chambers in them which make ideal bird feeders. Remove the top of the egg box and attach string to the bottom through the cone-shaped dividers to give something to hang it with; in each chamber place the same or different types foods; hang the feeder where visiting birds will feel safe from predators but make sure it is somewhere that it can be seen.
What to do with the birdfeeder:
Make egg box boats
Equipment: egg box, scissors, large container of water/bath/local stream, pebbles/marbles/coins.
How to: cut off the top of the egg box; using the bottom half, cut out boats made from 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 chambers; test out the boats to see which number of chambers creates the most effective boat.
What to do with the boats:
Online Links
CLEAPPS guidance
Check out the recent guidance for partially opened Primary schools here.
Explorify blogs
The Explorify team have written several new blogs to support the current teaching environment. Click here for a blog on how to teach science outdoors through physically-distanced learning.
Take part in the Big Science Event at Home!
Science Oxford have recently launched the Big Science Event at Home. The aim is to celebrate curiosity and creativity and to encourage and support child-led investigation. Open to all ages, children need to come up with a question that they really want to find the answer to and design and carry out an investigation that might help them to answer it. They can work on their own or with their family, with a friend via Zoom or as part of a group at school. Those sharing what they discover with Science Oxford by 13th July will be eligible for a range of prizes – from 3-month subscriptions to The Curiosity Box at-home science kits, to free family tickets to the Science Oxford Centre when it reopens and even £500 of Playforce play equipment for their school.
Activity Prompts
Science for One Socially distanced practical science ideas for each phase that are curriculum linked and generally possible to run outside. Today sees two activity sheets released: one using foil (thanks go to Linda Atherton for the inspiration) and the other playdough. Last week’s activity was around paper straws – click here if you haven’t checked it out.
I bet you didn’t know… Evolution of life in cities
Another BRAND NEW article and accompanying teacher guide. Four activities are described in the teacher guide with suggestions on how to maintain social distancing.
PSTT Science at Home Resource: this week’s new activity is all about rockets!
2m Poster Idea
Support children’s understanding of what 2m looks like. Can they create their own 2m poster? They could like to different animal groups or base it on the length of their own handspan. What other ideas could they use?
Check out this free online music service.
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Here are some extra tasks completed by pupils this week!