What a good turn out for our curriculum evening! There was lots of parents and children who came to the hall on a very chilly evening to find out about the teaching of science throughout the school. The session started with a short chat from Mrs Chatterton and Mrs Dutton about the approach that the school adopts and this was then followed by practical work taking place all around the school.

Everywhere was alive with children and teachers working together to demonstrate how exciting activities are used to stimulate and develop scientific activity. In the IT suite there were demonstrations of the types of resources that are available on the internet and many parents were fascinated by the content of our school website. Mrs Barrington and her class were making "bouncy" balls using a process of change from one state to another. Mrs Peacher and Miss Slann were using puppets to stimulate their children's science work and they held a large group of parents spellbound for quite some time. A representative from the science department of Westcliff High School for Girls was working in Mrs Dutton's room and an awful lot of rich tea biscuits were consumed!

This was a highly successful evening. I would like to thank all of the staff and children who stayed for the evening and in particular Mrs Chatterton and Mrs Dutton who put the whole thing together.