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Welcome to the Spring Primary Newsletter
- sharing developments from around the county and updates on national initiatives
Health and Safety
You should have received your copy of the Spring PST and bulletin
Your will find your new 2011 CLEAPSS username and password, in this bulletin.
CLEAPSS Subscription 2011/2012
We will continue to co-ordinate LA membership of CLEAPSS. There is a significant cost advantage to
subscribing through Gloucestershire County Council as compared to direct membership. Further
details regarding costs can be found in the Gloucestershire County Council -Services for Schools
brochure.
Subject Leadership
New publication
Be Safe 4th Edition (9780863574269) ASE Member £8.50 Non-Member £17.00
This essential handbook builds firmly on the previous edition but places more emphasis on using
science and technology to teach health and safety. There are new sections on under-5s,
primary/secondary liaison and advice for schools with access to more specialist facilities. The
section on science outside the classroom has been expanded, as has the section on making things,
which now includes work on textiles and ceramics. The section on electricity has been re-written.
Includes:
advice on risk assessment / food hygiene
studies outside the classroom / advice on making things safely
safe use of chemicals, animals and plants / managing health and safety
http://www.ase.org.uk/resources/health-and-safety-resources/health-and-safety-primary-science
CLEAPSS Contact details
phone on 01895 251496 fax on 01895 814372
or write to CLEAPSS, The Gardiner Building, Brunel Science Park, Uxbridge UP8 3PQ
http://www.cleapss.org.uk
Cheltenham
North Glos
Gloucester
Dates for the Summer Primary
Science Network meetings will
be circulated shortly.
South Cotswold
Focus of meetings:
using APP assessment criteria
to level pupils’ work
Forest of
Dean
Southern Glos
Stroud
National Updates
Review of the National Curriculum:
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curriculum/b0073043/remit-for-review-of-the-nationalcurriculum-in-england/
Championing Excellence – Empowering the Community – Inspiring Innovation – Supporting Partnerships
New publication
Learning & Teaching
ASE Guide To Primary Science Education
(9780863574276)
This completely new edition of the highly regarded ASE Guide to Primary Science Education covers,
in its 24 concise chapters, a wide range of topics about learning and teaching science in the primary
school. This book, edited by Wynne Harlen, and with contributions from a wide range of science
educators, has four sections.
Learning in science at the primary level, includes a chapter on Learning in the Early Years
Teaching primary science includes chapters on lesson preparation, questioning, the use of
dialogue, formative feedback and pupil self-assessment, creativity and the use of ICT.
Provision for science at the school level
The national and international context
ASE Member £19.00 Non-Member £25.00
https://secure.ase.org.uk/membersarea/shop/layout4.asp
Assessing Pupil Progress in Science
An updated version of the science e profile is now available.
This version allows you to re sort your pupil records when pupils change groups.
Please contact me if you would like a copy of the profile and user guide.
Science
e profile
Version 2.1
User
Guide
APP Working Group
Thank you to all those colleagues who expressed an interest in joining a working group to develop
probing questions to support the use of the science APP criteria. Unfortunately we only have
sufficient funds to support 15 colleagues to attend. The first meeting will take on the 9 th March. We
will update the e profile with our work when it is completed.
Worth looking at and downloading from the National Strategy website
1. The ten science APP standards files
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/249428
2. Learning targets in science guidance
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/324857?uc=force_deep
This resource provides support for teachers who are beginning to plan for the next steps in learning
for pupils as a result of periodic judgments or day-to-day assessments in science. It provides clear
Learning targets which show how to progress to the next level. These are supported by examples of
science-specific contexts that link closely to the Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) assessment criteria.
Don’t forget resources will remain on www.glosscience.org for the next few months but will move
over to Schoolsnet by 1st April.
If you have any comments or anything to share for the next edition, please contact
Alex Fleming (alexandra.fleming@gloucestershire.gov.uk)
Championing Excellence – Empowering the Community – Inspiring Innovation – Supporting Partnerships