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British Science Week
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that will place between 11-20 March 2022! The theme for 2022 is growth.
On Monday the whole school will take part in a spaghetti bridge building competition.
Throughtout the rest of the week, each year group will be carrying out an investigative task based on a key STEM figure.
Reception – Mary Anning
Year 1 – Mae Jemison
Year 2 – Elijah McCoy
Year 3 – Ann Moore
Year 4 – Maryam Mirzakhani
Year 5 – Wang Zhenyi
Year 6 – Charles Richard Drew
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NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK
LITERACY:
Focus Book: Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the first paleontologist by Linda Skeers
Group Phonics: Check Google Classroom for Group Phonics homework
MATHS:
- To use skills of conceptual subitising to describe parts of a whole set
- To visualise arrangements and use gestures to describe the numbers within a whole set.
- To practise counting patterns, recite counting numbers in order forwards and backweards
UW: Exploring the work of scientists such as paleontologist Mary Anning. The children will learn how to conduct a scientific investigation and report their findings.
PE: Gymnastics: To perform a a sequence of skill or movement with some control, moving from floorwork to low apparatus
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