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 At St Mary's, it's really important to us that science is relevant to our lives outside the classroom - it's one of our core principles! 

Companies which specialise in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - areas give their employees time out of work to visit schools. The hope is that they can bring science to life, and help children realise that there are many diverse STEM careers they could be working towards. 
 
This year, we've been lucky enough to be visited by our very own STEM ambassador from a pharmaceutical company called Mundipharma.
She will be visiting us 5 times throughout the year to work with each year group on a project linked to their science learning.
 
See below for some pictures and information about the workshops we've had so far - they've been brilliant!

 

Inside our Bodies

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Early Years - inside our bodies

Early years spent an entire afternoon delving into different animals, including humans. The children donned their lab coats to put skeletons back together, explore animal x-rays, and explore the use of stethoscopes. This linked in perfectly with their topic of 'Antarctica', and they loved learning new facts about living things. Our STEM ambassador was particularly impressed with their scientific vocabulary, and their behaviour. A successful afternoon for Early Years!
 
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Digestion

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Year 1 - Digestion

To begin their topic on digestion, year 1 created their own digestion systems, and watched what happened as they tried to 'digest' some food! What ensued was a hands on, child-led investigation of the way our digestive system works. Children and adults alike were involved, and the children still talk about their learning to this day!
 
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Changing States

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Years 3 and 4 - Changing states

To link in with the year 4 topic about states of matter, our STEM ambassadors brought in milk, ice, flavouring and plastic bags.... we made ice cream!
The children (and adults!) were amazed at how simply those ingredients could be altered to change them between solids and liquids, and even better - they got to eat the ice cream at the end! All allergies and dietary requirements were taken in account, which meant that every single child got to take part in this exciting activity. It was one to remember!
 
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Dissecting Hearts

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Year 6 - Dissecting hearts
 
In September, year 6 kicked off their science topic about the circulatory system by dissecting hearts! They watched our STEM ambassador dissect a heart, pull apart the different sections and label them, and even got to touch (with gloves on!) each area of the heart! Even those who were super squeamish couldn't stay away - it was truly fascinating to see a heart up close, and experience the texture of each part. 
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