Recruitment now open across England for 2026-27: Focus4TAPS 3-day CPD to support primary science, based on TAPS research, with strong EEF evidence of positive impact.
Register interest: forms.office.com/e/EVK1XeYNfH
Queries to primary.science@bathspa.ac.uk
#PrimaryScience #primary #education
I spotted some daffodils sprouting earlier, so it seemed like a good idea to share this post on #DaffodilDissection again!
drjosciencesolutions.co.uk/2020/04/04/d...
#SignsOfSpring #SeasonalChanges #DrJoScience #BeCurious #ScienceIsEverywhere
Recruitment is open for six new EEF-funded school projects 🎉
Covering reading, mental health, science, maths, adventure learning, and teacher recruitment & retention.
75% of state-funded schools have taken part in an EEF project — explore what’s right for your school 👇
tinyurl.com/7abr9ey2
Recruitment opens TODAY - looking for 20 schools to join funded Rich Retrieval EEF pilot of primary science CPD in Bath or North Somerset.
Register interest to find out more: forms.office.com/e/s8XPtRxc7L
Queries to primary.science@bathspa.ac.uk
#PrimaryScience #retrieval #primary #education
So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
An amazing opportunity from the Project Earth initiative for students to pitch ideas to investors, advisors, celebrities & their peers
Giving agency & voice to young people for their future 🙂
For a chance to pitch - submit project ideas before 2 April
https://loom.ly/Z71D0u4
Come see the TAPS website refresh - quick links to tailored resources for each UK nation and NEW zipfiles of plans & egs for each year group.
#PrimaryScience #Teaching #Assessment
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Out now - new open-access issue of the Journal of Emergent Science, featuring:
- BEST diagnostic stimuli
- Children's ideas about microbes
- Inquiry-based science
- 'Scientist like me' for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Critical thinking with 'what if' scenarios
www.ase.org.uk/resources/jo...
Please know that this is Trump scaremongering.
There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.
A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
🫨 Did you know 95% of the remaining hereditary peers in the House of Lords went to private school?
Over half went to Eton alone.
52% of all Lords were privately educated. There's a long way to go before the 829 member Upper House is representative of the wider population.
“Making the link between scientific literacy and oracy clearer, will raise the profile of oracy-rich primary science and help to demonstrate how dialogue can support the development and application of scientific thinking.“
New @royalsociety.org report by @prisciearle.bsky.social and colleagues 👇
New report out - opportunities for oracy and scientific literacy in primary science
#science #primary #oracy #PrimaryScience #ScientificLiteracy
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Bristol South was one of the lowest ranking constituencies for social mobility across England in our Opportunity Index.
We spoke to Bristol Achieve, a charity helping young people in the area, to get a better understanding of the challenges they face ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Looks different in primary, but this new report looks at possible reasons for doing practical work in primary science
www.bathspa.ac.uk/projects/pra...
NEW south-west group added thanks to a host school in Bristol for Focus4TAPS primary science 3-day CPD.
15 regions part-subsidised for 25-26. Looking to add new gp in Manchester.
Available to all year groups & no pupil data collection - all welcome.
Register interest: forms.office.com/e/EVK1XeYNfH
Twilight events for discussion of Nuffield Foundation funded Practical Work in Primary Science project for next term:
- Scotland at SSERC, Dunfermline - Tues 9th Sep
- Northern Ireland at Stranmillis University, Belfast - Thurs 9th Oct
Link for sharing and sign up:
forms.office.com/e/p1xeNzj84j
Have you spotted any butterflies yet this year? 🦋
Here are nine species that can be found across the UK in June!
Let us know in the comments which ones you've seen 👇
If you're applying for teaching jobs at the moment, I cannot overemphasise the value of giving specific examples in your supporting letter.
Everyone can *say* they do things, but there's so much power in an example of something you've actually done.
The weather was perfect to release our butterflies that emerged over the weekend. The children enjoyed observing them in their pavilion before we set them free in the garden. We used information books to find out more about butterflies and learnt new vocabulary such as proboscis and camouflage.
Thanks Jo - didn't know it was out!
An excellent article (as always) from
@prisciearle.bsky.social in this month's @teachprimarymag.bsky.social magazine on #assessment in #PrimaryScience - with sage advice and top tips for making it manageable and relevant in the classroom cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-...
May's Topical Science Update is now available to download for FREE!
This month delves into the deadly world of mosquitoes and explores some of the cutting edge research going on to uncover their lives.
Download it here bit.ly/TSU2505Mos
Latest Journal of Emergent Science includes a 'collective article' on mixed-age classes, with teachers sharing practice from a range of schools.
What would you like the next collective article to focus on?
What primary science practice would you like to share?
www.ase.org.uk/resources/jo...
Made a bar graph of long jumps and generally had a good day today.
The children observed the caterpillars this week. They observed their behaviour and watched them grow. They estimated how big they would grow over night!
“The caterpillars are climbing”
“Mine made a letter C”
“The look spiky”
“I see their poo”
“Is caterpillar boy or girl?”
“It will be a butterfly”
Recruitment now open for Focus4TAPS primary science 3-day CPD, in range of areas (plus others if interest).
Part-subsidised for 2025-26 only so £450 per school for 2 teachers.
Available to all year groups and no pupil data collection - all welcome.
Register interest: forms.office.com/e/EVK1XeYNfH
Similes like this are so helpful; it seems really obvious when you say it out loud but there is a genuine perspective shift when you're emphatic that the point of your teaching is not to create 15 essays, but 15 students who can write an essay.
My 'Professorial lecture', a talk for education colleagues, friends, family and anyone else who is interested will be at The Egg theatre in the centre of Bath on Wed 23rd April. I'll be sharing egs of primary school science and impact on practice. All welcome!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/lectures-and...?
NEW Nuffield primary science practical work guidance report and 5 minute summary video now available on the project page: www.bathspa.ac.uk/projects/pra...
Last chance to sign up for tomorrow's webinar:
Launch of new guidance for practical work in primary science: 4 – 5pm Wed 2nd April 2025
Sign up: forms.office.com/e/ucAs45cUVq
