Foundation Phase - 2009 |
Under the Sea
In Centre Only
Dive into this exciting show for Foundation Phase, using shadows, lights and sound effects to tell the story of what lives under the sea.
Key Themes
Scientific enquiry, Life processes & living things, Maths, Myself and other living things, Places and people
Materials Madness
In Centre Only
Can you classify materials into solids, liquids and gases? We challenge you to consider the properties of solids, liquids and gases, and then introduce some unusual materials that seem to fall into more than one category. We all know what happens if we heat or cool water, but what will happen if we heat and cool nitrogen or carbon dioxide? Join us for the Materials show and have your say with our interactive voting system.
Key Themes
Grouping materials, Changing materials
Light and Sound
In Centre Only
Become a detective and use ultra-violet light to identify our mystery substances. Find out how light travels through fibre optics. Investigate how white light can be split into the colours of the spectrum. Join us in playing some mad musical instruments and discover how vibrating objects produce sounds.
Key Themes
Physical processes, How Things Work 4 & 5
Science Story Time: The Mo Mo Forest
Enter the MoMo Forest, and consider your role in looking after the environment and the importance of animal habitats. The story will be accompanied by role play, games and activities. See the world from a different viewpoint with the help of our animal puppets and reporters.
Key Themes
Life Processes & Living Things, Places and people, Time and people
Science Story Time: Smoggish
Visit planet Gaia and learn about the importance of recycling. While the people of Gaia are busy polluting their planet with rubbish, the evil King of Rubbish, Zog, is touring the universe looking for smelly and dirty planets. Zog takes Smoggish, his pet made from recycled rubbish on his travels. But Smoggish hates seeing all of the planets polluted. What will happen to planet Gaia? What role will Smoggish play in all of this?
Key Themes
Materials & their properties, Places and people, Time and people
Science Story Time: The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark
Autumn Term 09
Plop was the same as every Barn Owl that had ever been, except for one thing: he was afraid of the dark. Join Plop on an adventure to find out more about the wonders of the dark.
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark ©1968 The Estate of Jill Tomlinson. First published by Methuen and Co and later by Mammoth, an imprint of Egmont Children's Books Limited. Used with permission.
Key Themes
Physical processes, Myself and non-living things, Myself and other living things, Time and people
Science Story Time: Rainbows
Spring Term 2010
A hero and a heroine search for the colour thief who leaves us a world without colour. Join them and their animal friends in their hunt for this dastardly villain. Will they manage to discover his identity and stop his evil scheme?
Key Themes
Physical processes, Myself and non-living things, Time and people
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Science Story Time: The Lighthouse Keeper's Birthday
Summer Term 2010
'Oh no, it's a power cut!' What will the lighthouse keeper do now? Could you manage without electricity? Participate in games and activities which involve building a giant circuit, identifying appliances which use electricity and comparing different sources of light.
Key Themes
Physical processes, Myself and non-living things, Time and people
Pushes & Pulls
Summer Term 2010
Do you know your pushes from your pulls? This show uses toys and stories to introduce infants to the topic of forces and involves them in discussion and problem solving.
Key Themes
Myself and non-living things
Minibeasts & Microscopes
In Centre Only
What lives at the bottom of your garden? Experience a new world of fascinating creatures in this introduction to bugs and bug-life. Basic classification and investigative skills are developed in this new show.
Key Themes
Myself and other living things, Investigative skills
Science from the toybox
Explore our 5 toy boxes to see what’s inside. Our toys are great
fun but what makes them go? Is it air or gravity, clockwork or electricity?
Could it be magnets? Join in the show as we find out how our toys work
– help to make the biggest toy of all, a giant human circuit!
Key Themes
Myself and other living things, Investigative Skills
Becky Bubbles
11 - 22 May 09
How can we make bigger bubbles? Can a bubble sit on your hand? How do
you make a bubble trampoline? Join Becky Bubbles and try out her brilliant
ideas.
Key Themes
Physical processes, Myself and non-living things, Time and people
Bright Sparks
1 - 30 June 09
What would our lives be like without electricity? How can you make static
electricity? This exciting show introduces circuits and conductivity
as well as investigating the different ways electricity can be made.
Key Themes
Myself and non-living things
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