Sudbury Primary School

Here at Sudbury, our class teachers love to teach science! Pupils will be provided with opportunities to carry out practical experiments and apply their knowledge of science to the real world. They will be covering the National Curriculum through our project-based curriculum.

Our vision is to stimulate pupils' curiosity and encourage them to confidently explore and discover the world around them, so that they develop a greater understanding of how and why things happen.

Pupils will be regularly assessed after each lesson.

Science will be embedded in the school’s new creative-project based curriculum.

Curriculum Map

Science Week

Science week will be commencing 5th-14th March 2021 and we will be holding a Science Day during the Spring Term.

Websites for extra fun 

Please find a list of fun science websites with cool ideas for experiments at home! 

• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/
• http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/
• http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=62
• http://interactivesites.weebly.com/science.html

• https://www.crestawards.org/ - activities that can be completed at home. Certificates awarded. 

The link below is for a website called EXPLORIFY and it gives your child an opportunity to enhance their Science learning and really gets the pupils thinking like scientists. There are many different activities for all of the topics your child will be learning throughout their Sudbury life. It is free to sign up to access all the resources. 

The website link is below. Please have a look at home and have a go working through some exciting activities with your child.
 

https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/

Science Quality Mark

We have also been awarded the Primary Science Quality mark which shows that the profile and quality of science teaching and learning in our school is very high. Children are engaging with great science both in and outside the classroom, developing positive attitudes towards science as well as secure scientific understanding and skills. 

Science Home Learning

Phase 2 Activities

• https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/en/activities - Year group 1 and 2. Topics: Animals including humans, Plants, Materials, Living things and their habitats
• https://mysteryscience.com/sky/mystery-3/sun-daily-patterns/81?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student Year 1 seasonal change
• https://mysteryscience.com/powers/mystery-3/camouflage-animal-survival/118?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student Year 2 Living things and their habitats
• https://mysteryscience.com/watching/mystery-3/weather-forecasting-seasonal-patterns/101?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student Year 1 seasonal change
• https://mysteryscience.com/sky/mystery-1/sun-shadows-daily-patterns/82?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student Year 1 seasonal change
• https://mysteryscience.com/materials/mystery-5/materials-properties-engineering/262?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student  Year 2 Materials and their properties

Phase 3 Activities

• https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/en/activities - Year group 3-4. Topics: Light, electricity, Animals including humans, Living things and their habitats, Sound
• https://mysteryscience.com/body/mystery-1/muscles- skeleton/59?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student - Year 3 Animals including humans
• https://mysteryscience.com/biodiversity/mystery-2/biodiversity-habitats-species/175?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student Year 3 and 4 Living things and their habitats
• https://mysteryscience.com/water/mystery-2/rocks-sand-erosion/113?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student Year 3 Rocks and soils
• https://mysteryscience.com/animals/mystery-1/habitats-fossils-environments-over-time/379?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student Year 3 and 4 Living things and their habitats

Phase 4 Activities

• https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/en/activities - Year group 5 -6. Electricity, Earth and space, Animals including humans, Materials, Living things and their habitats, Evolution and inheritance
• https://mysteryscience.com/body/mystery-4/brain-nerves-information-processing/62?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student – Year 6 Animals including humans
• https://mysteryscience.com/astronomy/mystery-4/seasonal-patterns-earth-s-orbit/75?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student – Year 5 Earth and space
• https://mysteryscience.com/ecosystems/mystery-1/food-chains-predators-herbivores-carnivores/119?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student – Year 5 and 6 Living things and their habitats