There’s a truism in primary education: “before they can write it, they need to say it.” But that’s not quite … More
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Should We Use Explicit Teaching Approaches or Enquiry Methods in Primary Science: Does the EEFs New Primary Science Guidance Report Tell Us?
Last week (28th November 2023) the Education Endowment Foundation published its long-awaited Improving Primary Science Guidance Report. We now have … More
Is an Apple a Living Thing?
From categorising buttons to categorisation in science “Pupils should be taught to explore and compare the differences between things that … More
Using story books to overturn science misconceptions in young children
This is an amazing piece of research. The researchers were able to show that children as young as four are … More
Are You Sitting Comfortably? Telling Stories in Physics Lessons
Richard Brock and I met several years ago at the Institute of Physics – I was Richard’s warm up act … More
Teaching Categorisation in Primary Science with Variation Theory
Living and Non-Living Things Two weeks ago, I visited Solebay Primary Academy – one of Paradigm Trust’s primary schools in … More
Science: If you Know How It’s Made, You Can Trust What It Says.
Truth is precious. The power of science is that it is built on the most effective method of generating accurate … More
British Sign Language and Science Vocabulary
Colleagues of mine at Old Ford Primary Academy in London have been using science specific gestures for some time in … More
Progression of Ideas in Physics from EYFS to Y6 – booklet
I put this together in the summer of 2021 and published it on this site (here). I’m using it next … More
How We Think about Energy
We talk about energy all of the time. We all have an idea of what energy is, sometimes several conflicting … More
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