Dan Gosselin

Sparx Science Building scientific knowledge and understanding through personalised homework

Check out more about how we developed our baseline and get access to it in our blog post here: sparxscience.com/blog/baselin...

In our baseline assessment we assess students' knowledge of plant structure across three different questions, giving teachers insight into how secure this knowledge is.

This gives them a great basis for when they start to learn about photosynthesis and plant structure in KS3, but teachers can often reteach the parts of a plant for students, even though this is already known.

in KS2 students need to know about the functions of different parts of plants, leaves and flowers and the requirements of plants for life and growth.

Today Year 11s are about to pour years of biology knowledge into their exam, and this starts in primary school - we want to give KS3 teacher more insights into this knowledge - learn how 🧵

📢 New FREE resources

With no clear marker of scientific knowledge in year 6 it is tempting to underestimate them - but we shouldn't be! We should assess this knowledge and fill gaps - and we can help you with our new Year 7 baseline.

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What’s missing in science education?

The Science Teaching Survey is the largest science education survey in the UK and Ireland. In this year’s survey, we’re asking what you need: the missing tools, resources and approaches.

Take the 2025 Science Teaching Survey 🔗https://ow.ly/ALog50V5V12

My regular reminder to everyone outside of London that school trips that use public transport in London are completely free.

Buses, trains, tubes and trams, all completely free.

One can only dream of that elsewhere.

Right, that's it: all my future think tank / research publications will include the phrase 'this is the better report' on the front cover.

Problem. Solved.

Schools policy: what to expect in 2025 A year of uncertainty awaits because the government is yet to clarify its approach to schools, despite spiralling SEND and teacher recruitment problems, warns former DfE adviser Sam Freedman

Delays, incoherence and a mighty big SEND bill: @samfr.bsky.social has penned his 2025 edu policy predictions and they are not optimistic.

"ministers are starting to come to terms with the sheer volume of effluent left on their desks by the previous government"
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...