Great Gaddesden
CoE VA School
Super Science
One of our school priorities this year is to raise the
profile of Science across the school and to give all the children more
opportunities to engage in hands-on practical science activities.
Last week, the whole school was turned into a huge
laboratory of mad scientists! Staff and pupils arrived in fancy dress and had a
day of hands-on experiments: the teachers had planned lots of activities and we
were also helped by an outside company, Sam’s Simple Science. Activities
included making lava lamps, silly putty, ice cream and jelly worms! At the end
of the day there was a whole school ‘catwalk’ to admire the fancy dress
costumes. Congratulations to Hadyn in Year 3 who won the prize for the best
outfit!
Science teaching isn’t just happening on special days, it is
embedded in the curriculum. The class blogs have many examples of practical
science activities being used to enrich the curriculum. For instance,
Nursery&Reception were learning about the North Pole, and found some bears
trapped inside ice balloons (carefully pre-prepared by class teacher Miss
Ayres!). The children had to try to rescue the bears by melting the ice as
quickly as possible. An imaginative way to introduce the concepts of freezing
and melting to 3 and 4 year olds. There is also a weekly after-school Science
Club to provide more opportunities for practical activities, with a different
class being invited to the club each term.
Christmas
The lead up to Christmas is a very exciting and busy time in
the school. I would like to invite you to the following events:
Friday 12th December – 3.15-4.45pm – FOGGS
Christmas Fayre
Tuesday 16th December – 2pm and 7pm – School
Carol Service
Friday 19th December – Christingle and End of
Term
Or our blogs: greatgaddesdenschoolhead.blogspot.co.uk
Chair of Governors
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