Surviving Primary

This PowerPoint presentation looks at compost and composting. It covers what items can or cannot be composted, the compost cycle, photos of the contents of compost bins over time and discussion topics around composting. There are so many activities that can accompany this PowerPoint presentation. We did a whole school survey where the pupils went around the classrooms and checked if the compost bins were being used correctly. We introduced a 'promoting composting' campaign in the school where t

Concept cartoons are an excellent way of stimulating children's thinking and sparking class discussions. This concept cartoon focuses on the Light strand unit from the Science strand of energy and forces. It encourages pupils to think about light as a form of energy. It helps pupils to realise that light can come from both natural and artificial sources. I used this concept cartoon prior to carrying out a Science experiment in which we were investigating the growth of sunflower seeds. The expe