Science
Pupil Voice - What Do the Children Think?
FS2
What have you enjoyed in science this year?
“Learning about animals, the amphibians, reptiles and mammals. I really like animals”
“Naming the flower parts when we stuck the labels on the right parts of the flower.”
Year 1
What have you enjoyed in science this year?
“When we went out with clipboards to spot plants.”
“ When we stuck on body part labels.”
What does it mean to work like a scientist?
“ to discover things and test things”
Year 2
What have you enjoyed in science this year?
“Dropping the tea cake in the skeleton structure we built.”
“Making edible rock.”
Year 3
What is something you learnt this year you didn’t know before?
“That magnets float and always point in the same direction.” Which direction? “North”
“I learnt how fossils are made.”
Year 4
“The activities you do really help it (the science) stick in your mind”
What is something you learnt this year you didn’t know before?
“Parts of flowers, the inside bits, I knew nothing about flowers. Oh and the frog lifecycle.”
What does it mean to work like a scientist?
“Using scientific words”
“Inspecting things really well.”
Year 5
What have you enjoyed in science this year?
“Dissecting plants and making volcanos”
What is something you learnt this year you didn’t know before?
“Reversing salt from water, the lifecycles of different animals and air resistance in forces.”
What does it mean to work like a scientist?
“testing and recording what you see and hear.”
“Using maths like rocket scientists.”
Year 6
What have you enjoyed in science this year?
“Dissecting the lamb’s heart and electricity”
What is something you learnt this year you didn’t know before?
“What the inside of heart looks like. That salt water conducts electricity and pencil lead does too.”