Nursery World - Learning & Development: Science

A 'playful' project has won an award for its success making
scientific ideas accessible to children and families, writes Olivia McCrea-Hedley.

Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre, in central London, has beaten 2,000 schools and colleges to become the first early years provider to win the Rolls-Royce Science Prize for being the 'school that captured the spirit of the prize to the absolute best and took it out to the community'.

The prize rewards and recognises excellence in science teaching, as well as providing funding for the winning establishment to develop its educational resources.

'Children are natural scientists, so we encourage them to use their skills of investigation and their determination to find answers,' says Fiona Godfrey, head of Kate Greenaway.

PLAYFUL SCIENCE

Two years ago the nursery launched Playful Science to encourage children to interact with scientific ideas, not only at Kate Greenaway but also throughout the local community.

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