Great Crosby Catholic Primary School
Welcome to STEM - Science Technology Engineering Mathematics
Science
Click on the image for Science news, websites and a calendar of events.
Technology
Click on the image to find out about what we do in Design and Technology.
Computing
Click on the image to find out about what we do in Computing.
Mathematics
Click on the image to find out about what we do in Mathematics.
British Science Week - Home Activities
British Science Week
CBeebies Let's Go Club
CBeebies Let's Go Club
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.
CBeebies Let's Go Club
CBeebies Let's Go Club
CBeebies Let's Go Club
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!
Science Kids
CBeebies Let's Go Club
Royal Institution
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.
Royal Institution
Science Week Community Pack
Royal Institution
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.
The Scouse Scientist
Science Week Community Pack
Science Week Community Pack
Find out what a Clinical Scientist in Genetics in the NHS does and make a DNA model on The Scouse Scientist YouTube channel.
Science Week Community Pack
Science Week Community Pack
Science Week Community Pack
Click on the image to read the community pack which includes more experiments to try at home and details of the poster competition.
Y5 Future Food Heroes
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.
Positive Footprints STEM Careers
Wed 19th Oct - Renewable Energy Engineer
Wed 19th Oct - Renewable Energy Engineer
Wed 19th Oct - Renewable Energy Engineer
Year 6 enjoyed an online careers talk by Lorna Bennett, a renewable energy engineer at ORE Catapult, the UK's leading technology innovation and research centre for offshore renewable energy. She explained her career journey and the process of designing and maintaining wind turbines. The children asked thought-provoking questions. We are grateful that she is, "working towards building a better world by creating new things to make old things better". Thanks to Positive Footprints for organising the event.
Wed 9th Nov - Green Careers
Wed 19th Oct - Renewable Energy Engineer
Wed 19th Oct - Renewable Energy Engineer
Year 6 attended an online career conversation about climate change with Jamie Brogan from Edinburgh Climate Change Institute and Raising Aspirations. We discussed how we all have an impact and we have pledged to play our part in living simpler and being green.
We pledge to reduce waste and to use our voices to influence others.
We have learnt that little things make a difference - our futures, our lives.
Fri 14th Oct - Sun 6th Nov - Our Place In Space
Our Place In Space
Our Place In Space
Our Place In Space
From Friday 14th October to Sunday 6th November, Liverpool welcomes the 8.1km scale model walking trail of the Solar System. Begin at the Sun on Church Street, make your way along the city’s iconic waterfront and Trans Pennine Trail before finishing in Otterspool where Pluto awaits.
Click on the image to visit the homepage and watch the video.
There are a number of events linked to the trail.
Click on the button to find out more.
If you do visit and would like to share your photos, please tag us on Twitter @GreatCrosby or Instagram great.crosby.catholic.primary with the hashtag #OurPlaceInSpace
Oliver Jeffers
Our Place In Space
Our Place In Space
Oliver Jeffers is one of the authors whose books we study in school. Our Place in Space has been designed by Oliver Jeffers with leading astrophysicist Professor Stephen Smartt and a creative team led by Nerve Centre, Northern Ireland’s leading creative media arts centre.
Click on the button to see Oliver Jeffers's books.
Science Celebration Days
4th - 10th October - World Space Week
11th February 2023 - International Day of Women & Girls in Science
This is an initiative of the United Nations.
10th - 19th March 2023 - British Science Week
The theme for British Science Week 2023 is 'Connections'.
29th April 2023 - International Astronomy Day
5th June 2023 - World Environment Day
21st June 2023 - Summer Solstice
Click on the green button to visit the Royal Greenwich Observatory website to find out about the Summer Solstice.
3rd July 2023 - International Plastic Bag Free Day
How can we stop using plastic bags?
Science At Home Websites
First Discoverers
First Discoverers
First Discoverers
Here are 10 experiments for children in Early Years and Foundation Stage.
Wow Science
First Discoverers
First Discoverers
This website has a fabulous range of science experiments that can be carried out at school and at home.
Science Fun
First Discoverers
Science Fun
Lots of science experiments to try at home.
Science Bob
KS1 BBC Bitesize
Science Fun
Great experiments to try at home. Check with your parents and carers first.
KS1 BBC Bitesize
KS1 BBC Bitesize
KS1 BBC Bitesize
Games, videos and activities related to the topics studied in Years 1 and 2.
KS2 BBC Bitesize
KS1 BBC Bitesize
KS1 BBC Bitesize
Games, videos and activities related to the topics studied in Years 3 to 6.
Design and Technology
We use the Design and Technology Association's 'Project on a Page' scheme of work which is based on the six essentials of good practice:
• User – children should have a clear idea of who they
are designing and making products for,
• Purpose – children should know what the products they design and make are for.
• Functionality – children should design and make products that function in some way to be successful.
• Design Decisions – when designing and making, children need opportunities to make informed decisions
• Innovation – when designing and making, children need some scope to be original
• Authenticity – children should design and make products that are believable, real and meaningful to themselves
Year 2 Fire Engines
In Year 2, we have been learning about The Great Fire of London, so we designed and made a moving toy fire engine with functioning wheels and axles.
We had great fun testing and evaluating them!
Computing
In Computing, we use resources from the National Centre for Computing Education's 'Teach Computing' scheme with units covering:
- Computer Systems and Networks
- Creating Media
- Programming
- Data and Information
We teach online safety through using activities from CEOP's ThinkUKnow scheme.
Visit our online safety pages for more details.
Each year we take part in the Hour of Code.
In 2022, we took part in Mission Zero sending Python programs to the International Space Station, sending messages to the astronauts and measuring the relative humidity.
Year 1 March - Developing computer skills
Year 1 March - Developing computer skills
Year 1 March - Developing computer skills
Year 1 children are developing their computer keyboard and mousepad skills to draw a digital design of one of the characters from the Gingerbread Man. They are also learning how to open and save documents.
Mission Zero
Year 1 March - Developing computer skills
Year 1 March - Developing computer skills
Mission Zero is a European Space Agency project that enables children to write and send a Python program to the International Space Station to run on the Astro Pi computers on board. This year the Year 6 Code Club have coded designs from nature that are going to be run on the ISS in May. In 2021/22, Year 6 wrote programs that measured the relative humidity on board the ISS, to so that the crew were aware that it was within normal safety levels. Click on the image above to see Ava and Harrison's program running on an emulator.
Year 5 Hour of Code
Year 5 Hour of Code
Year 5 Hour of Code
Each year our children take part in Hour of Code activities. In 2021, Year 5 designed their own Flappy Bird games. Click on the image to play Lexi and James's game.
Year 6 Hour of Code
Year 5 Hour of Code
Year 5 Hour of Code
In 2021, Year 6 used the Hour of Code activities to design a Dance Party animation. Click on the image to run Stephen and Evie's program .
Mathematics
Mastering Number
Mastering Number
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.
Mastering Number
Mastering Number
Mastering Number
The children become familiar with using the Rekenrek to compose and decompose numbers. This helps them build strategies for doing basic mental maths calculations.
Mastering Number
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.
Spring 2023
March - Developing computer skills
