At the start of the new school year, it is a good opportunity to share with you information about the curriculum we deliver at Nash Mills.  This week, we will look at science and Forest School.

The reason for these two areas being covered together is that the aim of the Forest School is to expose pupils to the outdoors, allowing them time to explore and investigate the world around them.  This is very similar to our science curriculum, which aims for children to be curious about the world around them and how it is changing.  They will explore and investigate different ideas creatively to help us understand how and why things work as they do.

Each class studies a range of science-based topics each year, usually changing each half term, although some topics cover a whole term.  During a topic, the children will learn key information (which will be shared with you on knowledge organisers), will investigate different ideas and will learn about a significant scientist from the area.  The investigative skills are taught throughout each topic and focus on developing pupils to be able to observe, compare, look for patterns, organise information and research.  An area that we are developing this year is how our children can talk about investigation more confidently using these specific terms.

During Forest School sessions, most classes cover elements of the science curriculum which look at plants, seasonal changes and animal habitats.  It is much more valuable for many children to be able to get outside and see the world in action, rather than learning about it from the classroom.  The school polytunnel means that we can grow things most of the year round.

This year, our school is also taking part in the Primary Science Quality Mark, which we hope will help Mrs Nicholls, as our science leader, to develop our curriculum even further so that our children can get the most from it.

As with our entire curriculum, more information about what we teach at Nash Mills can be found on the curriculum pages of our website.  Please do have a look if you would like to learn a little more! 

If you can spare any uniform, particularly tights/socks/underwear/skirts/trousers for us to keep as spare for younger children who may have the odd accident during the school day, we would be very grateful. If you can help, please pass any donations to the Nursery or Reception class teachers at drop off or pick up. Thank you for your support.