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		<title><![CDATA[St Mary’s CofE Voluntary Aided Junior School Album Feed - St Mary's Science Day]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[All pupils got to enjoy a range of activities promoting Science in the real world as part of our Science Day (or few days!).&nbsp; Our aim was to celebrate Science and encourage children to see how science features in our everyday lives.&nbsp; The children researched famous scientists, from the very well-known (for example Stephen Hawking, Leonardo de Vinci) to the less well-known but equally vital (for example Stephanie Kwolek, Margaret Hamilton). Each year group had a special investigation to undertake covering a very wide range of subjects: Murder Mystery chromatography in Year 6, creating straw rockets in Year 5, planting &#39;pants&#39;&nbsp; to look at soil quality in Year 4 and testing reaction times with &#39;sheep&#39; herding in Year 3.&nbsp; &nbsp;We were also lucky enough to welcome an army of volunteers to talk about their own work and how science helps them and must extend our thanks to all who came.&nbsp; The children heard from a diverse array of professions including an astronomer, ecologist, cancer trial scientist, engineer and data scientist and Year 6 had help from Costello students with their investigation work. To top it off a fiendish quiz led to much debate and prizes!
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:11:19 GMT</pubDate>
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