During our LPS Review Activities, the AoLE leader and iTeam Pupil Voice Group undertook 'workbook looks' and spoke with learners from each year group about Science & Technology throughout the school feeding their findings back regarding the progress made against the Science & Technology Action Plan.   

Main Objective: Development of planning, designing and making of products (physical and digital)

There has been a noticeable improvement in focus across the school, throughout the Progression Steps, in relation to the planning, designing, and making of products. The quality of work produced in this area is consistently high - meeting or exceeding expected standards - and often incorporates meaningful cross-curricular links. This has had a positive impact on pupils, helping them to develop a stronger understanding of the planning process and increasing their engagement in creating products. As a result, learners are becoming more independent and confident within this area.

In Progression Step 1, pupils have had a physical products focus, such as designing and making Holi-inspired tie-dye T-shirts, as well as manufacturing a piñata to enhance their festival topic.

Within Progression Step 2, testing of materials has been undertaken with a view to making a Roman shield, as well as plans to design, make and test a rocket at the beginning of Summer term. 

Progression Step 3, pupils have explored mainly making digital products, with designs of WWII bomb shelters, the Hafod Copperworks as well as Egyptian tombs designed on platforms such as Tinkercad and Minecraft: Education. 

Other areas of Science & Technology:

Progression Step 1

Dinosaur research videos

Using technology to communicate findings

Dinosaur fact files

Researching festivals using VR 

Progression Step 2

Food chains

Animal adaptation

Penllergaer Woods inhabitatant classification databases

Daily exercise investigations

JiT rocket animations

iMovie how to stay healthy explanations

Viking iMovies

Progression Step 3

Research climate changes in Wales

Swansea Blitz infographics

WWII Leaders databases

Light research

AI generated posters

Minecraft WWII shelter building

How WWII started videos

Blitz animations

Water Cycle investigations

Digital Citizenship skills

Animal classification branching databases

Genetics understanding 

Please click the links to view examples of Science and Technology skills developed this term:

Progression Step 1: Reception (Autumn, Spring)

Progression Step 2: Year 1 (Autumn, Spring) | Year 2 | Year 3 

Progression Step 3: Year 4 | Year 5 (Autumn, Spring) | Year 6 (Autumn, Spring)