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25 Jun 2024 09:00 - 16:00

Hertfordshire Development Centre, Stevenage, SG1 2FQ

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This one-day face-to-face event will provide primary science teachers and leaders with the opportunity to hear from inspirational experts from the world of primary science teaching. 

Primary science should nurture the natural curiosity that children have about the world, to develop their understanding and teach them the essential knowledge and skills to work scientifically. It should start the process of inspiring our scientists of the future as they build their understanding of the value and place science has in their lives.

Charlotte Jackson, Teaching and Learning Adviser – Science, HFL Education.

Programme

The programme of keynotes and workshops will include sessions on tailoring the national primary science curriculum to meet the needs of your school and all of your pupils. Speakers will explore practical strategies that develop high-quality science teaching and an understanding of how to make science learning more accessible for the children in your school.  

In addition, we will be reviewing a range of resources and sources of support that can support teachers in raising engagement and achievement in primary science.  

Join us in Stevenage on Tuesday 25th June for a full day of high-quality CPD to develop your confidence in teaching or leading science across your school and meet and network with others striving to improve their pupils’ enjoyment and attainment in primary science. 

Jane Turner

Andrew Boyes

Becky Rothwell

Charlotte Jackson

Keynote:

  • Primary Science – designing a curriculum that engages, inspires and challenges all children.
    Associate Professor Jane Turner is director of the Primary Science Quality Mark, based at the University of Hertfordshire, series editor for Harper Collins Snap Science, recent chair of the Association for Science Education, and a consultant to the DfE, BBC, EEF, Wellcome Trust, Learned Societies and industry on primary science assessment and curriculum. 

Workshops:

  • Science and early years – strong beginnings for science learning
    Andrew Boyes, Senior Early Years Adviser, HFL Education
    This workshop will explore how the environment, questioning and use of vocabulary can be used to develop children’s scientific thinking in the early years. Delegates will consider how these strategies can be used beyond early years to encourage curiosity and guide children’s thinking.
  • Using adaptive teaching strategies to support pupils with SEND to access and excel in the primary science curriculum
    Becky Rothwell, SEND adviser, HFL Education
    This practical workshop explores how teachers can effectively support pupils with SEND in the science classroom. Using the Education Endowment Foundation’s SEND five-a-day approach delegates will learn how to adapt their teaching, take away ideas and resources to use in the classroom, and explore how these approaches can benefit all pupils not just those with SEND. 
  • Supporting children to apply and develop maths skills in science
    Charlotte Jackson – Primary Science teaching and learning adviser, HFL Education
    This workshop will explore how science provides an excellent opportunity to put maths skills to practical use providing context and relevance to measuring, recording, presenting and analysing data. 

Further information

Please contact the HFL Events team at training@hfleducation.org or call 01438 544477

Primary Science Conference