Howletch Lane
Primary School

Impact

The successful approach at Howletch Primary School results in a fun, engaging, high quality science education, that provides children with the foundations for understanding the world. Our engagement with the local environment ensures that children learn through varied and first-hand experiences of the world around them. So much of science lends itself to outdoor learning and so we provide children with opportunities to experience this. Through various workshops, trips and interactions with experts and local companies, children have the understanding that science has changed our lives and that it is vital to the world’s future prosperity. Children learn the possibilities for careers in science as a result of our community links and connection with national agencies such as the STEM learning, Babcock, The National Marine Aquarium and The Royal Society of Chemisty. Children at Howletch Primary School overwhelmingly enjoy science and this results in motivated learners.  

  

Science in the Early Years: 

 Science is explored through the children’s understanding of the world and elements of technology. Our outdoor learning environment in the Early Years at Howletch Primary School is key to enhancing child led learning. We provide opportunities for children to question, wonder, explore, discover, experiment and observe through direct experiences. The children are introduced to scientific vocabulary to help them further their understanding and are asked open-ended questions, so that they can make predictions and give them opportunities to question. Our Early Years provision ensures that children have access to a range of materials that work in different ways for various purposes. Children can use resources and the environment around them to notice similarities and differences, changes over time such as a growing plant in our vegetable patch and discuss their point of view with their peers. 

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