Science for Life CPD is now being delivered in hub school staff meetings, with science leads and teachers from nearby schools invited to attend. Schools choose what topic they would like covered. Enquiry Types and Working Scientifically Skills have been popular choices. Here is what some teachers had to say in answer to the question What aspects of this course were most useful or valuable?
Y6 teacher Grafton: 'PLAN resources, models of expected work, examples of resources from Gillespie, review of enquiry types and working scientifically'
EYFS teacher Grafton: 'PLAN EYFS progression in working scientifically skills'
Y5 teacher Gillespie: 'The many examples of the varying enquiry types'
Y3 teacher St Mark's C of E: 'Access to investigation skills book. Help with investigation skills assessment'