Intent 

At Sherwood Junior School, it is our intention to provide high quality science education that gives children the foundations they need to recognise the importance of science in every aspect of daily life. 

Children will be encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave, and analyse causes. It will provide opportunities for the critical evaluation of evidence and explanation of scientific phenomena, as well as opportunities to apply their mathematical knowledge to their understanding of science, including collecting, presenting and analysing data. Children will be immersed in key scientific vocabulary, which supports in the acquisition of scientific knowledge and understanding.

 We ensure that all children are provided with rich learning experiences that aim to:

• Prepare our children for life in an increasingly scientific and technological world today and in the future. 
• Help our children acquire a growing understanding of the nature, processes and methods of scientific ideas. 
• Help develop and extend our children’s scientific concept of their world. 
• Build on our children’s natural curiosity and developing a scientific approach to problems. 
• Encouraging open-mindedness, self-assessment, perseverance and developing the skills of investigation – including: observing, measuring, predicting, hypothesising, experimenting, communicating, interpreting, explaining and evaluating. 
• Develop the use of scientific language, recording and techniques.
   

Theme Days and Events

British Science Week 2025

British Science Week is 7th to 16th March this year.  The theme is change and adapt.
In school we had some special visitors, reminding us how animals change and adapt to their environments.
In addition children were invited to take part in the National poster competition.  To enter, they simply needed to create a poster which fits in with the theme of ‘Change and adapt’ and hand it in to Mrs Murphy.
 

The Chicks!

On Monday 10^th March we went to the Year 5 learning support room to see the eggs.  We had to be really quiet because they can still hear us.  We could see the chicks hatching progress.  Our main hatching day is Wednesday 12^th March, there are ten chicks in total.

By Lyle

On Friday we went to see the chicks and they had all hatched, so we got to hold them.  We noticed that they had a heat lamp, some water and some water.  When we held them i

It felt just like when you tap your fingernails on the palm of your hand.  When you held them you had to have one hand under their feet and one hand over them to support them.  When one of the chicks hatched, it was a bit poorly, but now it is all better.

By Essie- May

On Tuesday 18^th March we got to hold the chicks.  It felt calm and exciting.  The chicks were very fluffy and their nails weren’t very sharp.  It felt like it was going to jump out of my hand! It was great fun.

By Ava- May

British Science Week 2024

British Science Week 13 March 2023

Week beginning  13th March was British Science Week.  We had a special delivery of eggs and an incubator to hopefully hatch some very special visitors!  The children had the chance to see the eggs hatching and watch the chicks grow over the next two weeks.  They also had a little cuddle!  It was a fantastic opportunity for us to watch and think about the process and how to look after chicks.  We shared photos and updates on the school website: https://www.sherwood.notts.sch.uk/chicks-2023/

We also participated in the National poster competition, with five of our own entries being sent off to be judged.  The theme this year is ‘Connections’.  

There’s also lots more to explore on the British Science Week website https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ including ideas to try at home and live lessons and You Tube experiments.

Our entries to the National Poster Competition were Bella and Lacey from Year 3, and Lia, Riley and Jaide in Year 6.

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