Great Crosby Catholic Primary School

The theme for this year's science Week is 'Connections'. Each year group will be carrying out different  investigations within the theme.

This section has some links to activities that could be carried out at home.  We'd love it, if you are able to, if parents and carers could share photos of experiments the children carry out. The children don't have to be in the photo. Please post them tagging @GreatCrosby and @ScienceWeekUK  #BSW23 on Twitter and @great.crosby.catholic.primary and #britishscienceweek2023 on Instagram. 

Explore the fun of science in your own home with some amazing experiments from The Let's Go Club. You and your little one can recreate these simple colourful experiments using common household items. Perfect for budding scientists! 

Check out the Science Kids free experiments section, full of fascinating hands-on experiments that are a great way to enjoy the world of science.

Learn interesting science and technology facts by experimenting with different materials that react in surprising ways. You'll find many experiments can be done using simple ingredients found around the house (with adult supervision of course). Basic materials can help you perform experiments that are simple, safe and perfect for kids. 

Try some of the experiments on the Royal Institution webpage. Each one has a video and activity sheet. You could investigate and make cakes in a cup; launch a bottle rocket, experiment with cabbage juice; make gas to inflate a balloon and  learn about mixtures, solutions and chemical reactions while making home-made play dough. The experiments are labelled Chemistry, Brain, Physics and Maths and use household items. 

Find out what a Clinical Scientist in Genetics in the NHS does and make a DNA model on The Scouse Scientist YouTube channel.

Click on the image to read the community pack which includes more experiments to try at home and details of the poster competition.

Year 5 classes are taking part a 6-week project called 'Future Food Heroes', exploring zero-waste food and a circular economy. They are being introduced to Farm Urban's work and research in aquaponic and hydroponic food. 

They have been split into teams to develop their skills and ideas to present their own future food solutions.

In the sessions, they are learning about how food grows and experimenting with their aquaponics systems, wormeries and mushroom kits. 

They have built an aquaponics system and are learning how to grow fish and plants together.

The children are growing mushrooms using spent coffee grounds and cardboard.

They are discovering how worms turn food waste into food for plants. 

Here are 10 experiments for children in Early Years and Foundation Stage.

This website has a fabulous range of science experiments that can be carried out at school and at home.

Lots of science experiments to try at home.

Great experiments to try at home. Check with your parents and carers first.

Games, videos and activities related to the topics studied in Years 1 and 2.

Games, videos and activities related to the topics studied in Years 3 to 6.

Year 1 and Year 2 children have daily NCETM Mastering Number sessions focusing on key knowledge and understanding of of number composition, developing number sense and fluency.  Reception children begin their sessions at an appropriate time in the academic year.

The children become familiar with using the Rekenrek  to compose and decompose numbers. This helps them build strategies for doing basic mental maths calculations.

Children learn key vocabulary and use stem sentences to help them to explain their mathematical thinking and reasoning, giving them firm foundations for Key Stage 2.