More than 4,000 pupils from 22 schools across South Gloucestershire learned about the impact of human activity on the environment during a virtual school science day and experiments organised by the council.<\/p>\n
Integra, the part of the council that provides a range of support services to many schools in South Gloucestershire, teamed up with the Primary Science Teaching Trust to run the third online pupil science day. The theme this year was \u2018Science around our school\u2019, and online learning was bolstered by some hands-on exploration.<\/p>\n
The children took part in experiments to highlight the challenges birds face finding food for their chicks, considering the impacts of noise pollution, and were taught about how important gardens and open spaces can be in creating natural habitats.<\/p>\n
Pupils in Early Years and KS1 were tasked with building nests that could withstand all types of weather. They had great fun testing them out, simulating rain with watering cans, wafted card to make wind and even managed to recreate a snow shower.<\/p>\n
Pupils in Years 3 and 4 explored noise and made their own seismometers. There were plenty of opportunities to test them out around the school, measuring the noise levels of dancing, drumming, singing and shouting – all in the name of science!<\/p>\n
Pupils in Years 5 and 6 investigated Charles Darwin\u2019s worm experiments, digging for wriggly creatures around the school grounds, classifying them and recording their results in pie charts. The largest worm recorded on the day was over 25cm. Children then conducted a \u2018Worm Watch\u2019 in the afternoon, which offered a worm\u2019s eye view of the important role they play in our ecosystem.<\/p>\n
Councillor Erica Williams, Cabinet Member with responsibility for schools in South Gloucestershire, visited St Michael\u2019s CofE Primary School in Winterbourne, where she joined in with the experiments with pupils. She said: \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to be able to put on days like these for our children. It is always a real pleasure spending time in schools, seeing how engaged they are with their studies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to see standards in South Gloucestershire schools continue to improve and we are seeing that happen, with real benefits when we work together.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt St Michael\u2019s, I was able to talk to pupils and teachers to hear first-hand how we the Council are supporting their learning and what more we can be doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s also so important that we\u2019re doing all we can to teach future generations about the little things we can all do to help tackle the climate emergency and nature crisis we face.\u201d
\nPupils are already looking forward to the next Science Day, which will take place on 8 December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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