BSW Ideas Activity packs Poster competition Smashing Stereotypes

BSW - Ideas • Activity packs • Poster competition • Smashing Stereotypes Campaign! • Citizen Science project • Lunchtime drop-ins • Computing time

BSW - Ideas • Reach-out reporter, https: //www. reachoutreporter. com/ • • • Weekly – every class Wet-play Assemblies After school club Amazing for language development • • • Beyond the classroom Morning activity Wet-play After school club Amazing for language development • Explorify, https: //explorify. wellcome. ac. uk/

BSW - Ideas • Run a science club – one-off or start of many? • PSTT Science club resource • https: //pstt. org. uk/resources/cpd-units/scienceclubs • Marvin and Milo • http: //www. physics. org/marvinandmilo. asp • CREST Awards • https: //www. crestawards. org/ • Okido/Whiz Pop Bang magazine – science books – lunchtime drop-ins • After school or lunchtime*

BSW - Ideas • Science busking • https: //www. ogdentrust. com/assets/general/how_to_physics_busking. pdf • Recruit science buskers/communicators • Year 5 • Busking packs • Busking day

• Science assembly! BSW - Ideas • Explorify • Reach-out Report • Topical science • RSC Interactive Periodic Table • On this day… • Science demos – Marvin and Milo • STEM Careers • Encourage Science at home • RI Experimental, https: //www. rigb. org/families/experimental • Science 4 families, https: //seerihinnovations. org/science 4 families/ • Reach-out reporter – share link • Home learning rucksack • Home science challenge • Science conversation starters – Explorify What if… scenarios • Send an activity home – Clever Camouflaged Creatures • Playground Science

BSW Ideas • Run a family learning event • PSTT online resource – Learning Science Together, https: //pstt. org. uk/resources/curriculummaterials/learning-science-together • Hands-on science • STEM Ambassador • Local stargazing society • Bioblitz • Microscopes*

BSW - Ideas • See through science • https: //pstt. org. uk/resources/curriculummaterials/see-through-science

BSW – Ideas – leave a legacy… Here a few suggestions: • Plant some pollinator-friendly plants and seeds, such as lavender, buddleia and valerian. These are very attractive to bees and butterflies. • Leave a patch of field to grow unchecked. Hopefully this will encourage wild-flowers and attract insects. • Set up a compost area in the school grounds. Raw food waste can be composted and turned into fertiliser for plants. Observing over time! • Make a bug hotel. These can be built from wooden pallets, branches and bricks, and provide places for insects and other small invertebrates to live. Smaller versions can be hung on walls. • https: //schoolgardening. rhs. org. uk/resources/project/make-a-bug-hotel • https: //schoolgardening. rhs. org. uk/Resources/Activity/Make-a-simplebug-or-ladybird-home • Hang bird boxes on trees or high walls to provide places for birds to build nests. Some bird boxes include built-in webcams, so the children can observe the birds without causing any disturbance. • Hang bird and insect feeders around the school grounds. • Build a pond to encourage frogs and insects. This doesn’t have to be very deep. • Create a tree trail • Make a weed garden • Make a bog garden • Get bats! https: //www. bats. org. uk/advice/gardening-for-bats