Resources for Year Four or Primary Five

The Ginn Science Resources for Year Four (students aged eight to nine years) comprise guidance for teachers, classroom resources, students’ books and assessment materials.

There are two types of teacher guidance, the lengthy Teachers’ Resource File and the briefer Essential Ginn Science: Guide to Classroom Management Year Four which reduces both the number of activities and the detail in which they are described in the resources file. There is also a Ginn Science INSET (IN-SErvice Training for teachers) which applies to all years in the primary school.

The classroom resources comprise Skills Support Sheets and activity sheets for use by students and a group discussion book. Students’ books are provided in order to extend students’ knowledge and develop their scientific understanding.

Material for assessing students is included partly within the Year Four resource file and partly provided as separate Assessment Booklets. There are also National Assessment Sheets which are tied to the levels of attainment of the National Curriculum for England in the 1995 curriculum and the Scottish 5-14 guidelines.

Ginn Science is intended to be flexible enough to meet the requirements of different curricula within the countries of the UK. It gives most attention to the National Curriculum for England. The teachers’ resource files published after 1995 are explicitly related to the revised National Curriculum and the Scottish Guidelines for environmental studies 5-14. There are several charts in the resource files which enable cross-referencing to both curricula. Other materials – the students’ books and assessment booklets - were unaffected by the structural change brought about by the 1995 curriculum revision. Materials published in 1997 relate the assessment in Ginn Science more closely to the 1995 National Curriculum level descriptions.

HEALTH and SAFETY
Any use of a resource that includes a practical activity must include a risk assessment. Please note that collections may contain ARCHIVE resources, which were developed at a much earlier date. Since that time there have been significant changes in the rules and guidance affecting laboratory practical work. Further information is provided in our Health and Safety guidance.

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