Links to Science
Links to Science
Clive Davies
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Designed to support children’s understanding and knowledge at the beginning of a new science unit of learning, these attractively presented resources have three main purposes:
• To support children’s reading
• To inspire readiness for new learning
• To support children’s long-term retention of key knowledge
The ‘Links’ are short but informative pieces of text aimed at immersing children in the science unit of learning they are about to meet. Created to motivate and inspire curiosity, they can help teachers capture children’s interest in the learning to come.
Key Stage 1 children should follow the ‘echo’ reading system. The teacher animatedly reads a sentence at a time, and then the children read together in response. The aim is to ensure they employ great intonation and expression in their reading.
The aim for Key Stage 2 children is to create a choral reading opportunity, with the teacher deciding how much of the reading to cover before stopping and adding explanations. One of the main reading outcomes should be fluency.
At both key stages, teachers should point out and talk about in advance any new vocabulary, especially subject related vocabulary, that children will meet.
Used regularly as an introduction to each new science unit, the Links will secure children’s pre-knowledge and prepare their brains’ readiness to receive new information. Used together with the new science trailers, they will provide a positive, motivating, and powerful introduction to new learning.
Download a free Science Links to Y6 Heart and Circulatory System. (Place the order by choosing the FREE link document in the drop down list) This will download as a jpeg file just to give you an idea what they look like, but the actual product (if you buy it), is a powerpoint file.
Further resources:
Science Units of Learning
Science End of Unit Assessments
Science Sentence Stems
Golden Threads in Science
Disciplinary Knowledge in Science
Science Vocabulary Overview
Subject Specific Audit in Science
Working Scientifically: Supporting Children's Enquiries
Developing the Scientific Investigation Process
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Product Reference: Various
Pages: One or Two
Format: eBook / powerpoint
Publisher: Focus Education (UK) Ltd
Published Date: May 2026
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