This booklet has been produced to help teachers understand how to ‘work scientifically’ within the primary science curriculum for England. It includes progression of enquiry skills grids from Early Years Foundation Stage through to Key Stage Three and child friendly self and peer assessment posters to support all...

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Recall that multicellular organisms have different parts with different functions.

• Recall that the parts of a multicellular organism are made up of cells.

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The materials in this National Strategies resource help teaching assistants to develop their role in supporting assessment for learning (AfL) in the classroom by promoting and embedding good practice in partnership with teachers.

Throughout the resource, teaching assistants reflect on and evaluate their role...

This managing bullying in schools document from the Department of Education looks at how to manage behaviour through supporting pupils through work with nearby schools, creative arts projects and disciplinary sanctions. The resource explores managed moves and inclusion arts projects, as part of the managing...

This document from the Department of Education looks at how the White Horse Federation engages parents to discuss and improve pupil behaviour. The resource explores how the school talks with parents, develops language skills and online safety and its mobile phone policy, as part of the managing behaviour and...

The CPVE edition of Nuffield Working with Science included two units that had not featured in the first edition. Guidance for both topics appears in the Tutors’ Handbook. .

The two topics are:
*Enterprise
*Pollution

Nuffield Working with Science was first published in the 1970s and then revised for CPVE in the 1980s. The programme was designed for ‘new sixth formers’ staying on at school for one year after the age of 16.

In the first edition there two Teachers’ Guides giving an overview of the programme and giving...

In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes A. Only four of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition.

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In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes B. Only three of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition. For the CPVE edition, the air pollution unit was merged into a new unit called...

In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes C. All but one of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition. The Water Pollution unit contributed to a new CPVE unit called Pollution .

In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes D. Only one of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition.

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In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes E. Only five of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition.

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In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes F. Only two of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition.

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A Catalyst article about how people can work more safely with radiation. Radiation protection is a specialised area of health and safety. It deals with the protection of workers, patients, the general public, organisations and the environment. It is concerned with the use of two types of radiation:

*ionising...

In this Catalyst article, six people whose work can be described as ‘communicating science’ reveal the great variety of career paths in this area.

• Alex Tate is a Producer/Director for Windfall Films. He produces and directs science and natural history documentaries.
• Dr Sai Pathmanathan is a...