Southville Primary School

This year students from Year 5 were invited to represent our school at The Great Science Share hosted at St Mary’s University in Twickenham. The aim of the Great Science Share is to get children excited about science – raising the profile in schools and communities and encouraging young people to be inspired into science and engineering. The 11 children that presented at the event were asked to split into two groups, working collaboratively to formulate scientific questions and select one key theme for enquiry. The groups worked together as part of an after school club to plan investigations, hypothesize, collect data, analyse results and present in a format of their choice.

On the day of the visit to St Mary’s children were asked to split into an A and B team to take turns in presenting their findings and answering questions about their experiments. Children were also asked to explore the other investigations presented by other schools and encouraged to ask questions and think scientifically. The day was a fantastic chance for children to get hands on with science and meet with experts in the field, such as senior scientists from The National Physical Laboratory. The day concluded with a campus tour which inspired many to go away and think about their path to Higher Education.  

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