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The science curriculum: time for a refresh

September 14, 2023September 12, 2023Oxford Science Team Leave a comment
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What was happening in the UK in 2015? Justin Bieber was storming the charts with not one, not two, but three Number 1 hits. Dinosaurs were running amok again in Jurassic World. The polls opened for the general election. As all this was happening, school were preparing to update their KS3 science curriculum, in line […]

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Trialling Oxford Smart Activate: Interview with a Pioneer School

June 17, 2022August 11, 2022Oxford Education
Trialling Oxford Smart Activate

Martin Saunders, Head of KS3 Science, Chichester High School I work at Chichester High school which is a school of approximately 1500 students in West Sussex. Rated “Good” in our most recent Ofsted inspection, the journey continues on towards “Outstanding”. In light of this, we approached OUP to push forward our teaching and learning, along […]

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Developing self-regulation in the science curriculum

March 31, 2022May 3, 2023Oxford Science Team
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Dr Andy Chandler-Grevatt discusses the challenges of improving science curriculum and argues that there are many strategies to support developing metacognition and self-regulation.

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Harnessing lightbulb moments in KS3

June 11, 2021June 10, 2021Oxford Science Team
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Eleonora Crovato revels in those lightbulb moments when students make connections with their previous learning. In this unusual year for year 6 to year 7 transition, Elenora shares what she will be doing to prepare for September. Every September I ask my new batch of year 7s the same question: what kind of science experiments […]

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The Post-Covid Classroom: Investigative practical science

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021Oxford Science Team
Investigative practical science in the curriculum

Most practical work in UK secondary schools follows a recipe-based formulaic approach which fails to teach students how to work independently or investigatively.

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