Over the past four years at Paradigm Trust, we have developed and implemented a knowledge-rich science curriculum for EYFS to … More
Category: primary science
How Paradigm Trust is Supporting Teachers’ Primary Science Subject Knowledge
Teachers at Paradigm Trust have developed a knowledge rich EYFS-KS3 science curriculum which we have been running (and developing) for … More
Micro-Enquiry: something to try?
English year 5 pupils scored pretty well on the TIMSS 2019 science enquiry questions. In this post I will: describe … More
A Reflection on “The 10 Key Issues with Children’s Learning in Primary Science in England” (Bianchi, Whittaker and Poole: 2021)
This post is a reflection on the publication by Bianchi, Whittaker and Poole’s publication in March 2021 (here). This publication … More
EEF Primary Science: A Review of the Evidence
Back in 2018, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) published a guidance report: Improving Secondary Science. It offered secondary science teacher … More
How to Use the Word “Energy” in Primary Science
Energy isn’t mentioned in the primary science curriculum, but the word is in common usage. Pupils will be building understanding … More
EYFS to KS2 Physics Progression Maps
I am uploading these documents as I finish them – I would welcome feedback. Please note, I would make them … More
Entitled to Know
I’ve been arguing about the content of the primary science curriculum; not so much with primary teachers, but with secondary … More
Imaginary Ice Block Discovered in School Field Causes Writing and Reading
The whole of this blog centres on a mean trick (and I feel bad about it), which has produced something special, … More
Definitions
Definitio. I. Quantitas materiæ est mensura ejusdem orta ex illius densitate et magnitudine conjunctim. Definition I The quantity of matter … More
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