Primary Science Leadership Webinar Series - Recordings

This page provides access to the recordings from our Leadership Webinar Series. If you’ve registered for a webinar, you can revisit the sessions at your convenience or catch up on any you missed. 

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22 January 2025, 16:00 – 16:45

Assessment in primary science – making it manageable and meaningful

In this webinar we will talk about using assessment to inform responsive teaching and support learning. We will reflect on what we ask children to record for assessment purposes. We will showcase a range of freely available resources and explain how you can use these for elicitation of children’s prior knowledge to support your planning, and for assessment of children’s subject knowledge and enquiry skills. We will consider how all these strategies can be brought together for summative reporting and the challenges that teachers face in balancing the manageability of assessment processes with validity and reliability.

When you leave this session, you will:

• Have a range of Assessment for Learning strategies to try in your classroom.
• Have an awareness of how PLAN resources and TAPS focused assessment plans can support your planning, assessment and moderation.
• Be aware of how you could use the TAPS pyramid to evaluate and develop your school’s assessment processes.

4 March 2025, 16:00 – 16:45

Effective monitoring in primary science

In this webinar, we will begin with establishing a rationale for why we monitor in primary science and how this gives science leaders the evidence needed to develop their subject across the school. We will reflect on a range of different approaches to monitoring and how these can be used effectively to enhance primary science teaching and learning. Aimed at new and existing science leaders, this session will explore:

• Different monitoring strategies and their uses
• How to ensure monitoring has impact on practice

14 May 2025, 16:00 – 16:45

Different approaches to moderation in primary science

In this webinar, we will consider how effective moderation can help science leaders identify strengths and areas for improvement in their subject. Regional Mentor, Kate Redhead, will explore how moderation can ensure accuracy and consistency in science, as well as considering the options available for making best use of this tool. Join us to learn more on:

• How moderation can have impact for science leaders.
• What the options are.
• Where to start.

4 June 2025, 16:00 – 16:45

Reviewing impact in science teaching and learning – reflection and next steps

In this webinar, we will consider how to gauge impact over the past academic year in your setting by asking:

• What impact has there been on science teaching and learning?
• What are the appropriate next steps to improving the teaching and learning of science?
• How can we raise the profile of science?

Through asking these questions, we will create manageable, achievable goals for the next academic year.