YOUNG Einsteins are celebrating getting the right result.

Keen scientists at Chorley New Road Primary School have received a grant to help them take their learning in the lab further.

The school in Horwich received £5,000 from Project Enthuse — a funding partnership which includes the Department for Education, AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline — to help teachers develop and enhance their scientific know off to inspire and enthuse more young people.

Linda Burrows, headteacher, said the school applied for the award to raise pupil achievement and engagement in the subject.

She said: “We knew that this award would enable our staff to access the expertise of Science specialists which would ultimately have a positive impact on our children. I am delighted that we have been awarded £5,000. This award will ultimately increase children’s engagement, interest, enjoyment and achievement in science.

“The award is for science-specific training for all staff. This will, in turn, enable us to provide the best quality science lessons for our children. This will include more enquiry based learning and also more outdoor learning. Children’s knowledge and understanding of science will be enhanced and they will be better prepared for the future.”

Science activities at the school include learning about plants and animals, forces and recently the school held a themed afternoon where children were able to take part and lead their own scientific investigations.

Miss Burrows said: “Primary school is the place where an early interest in science can either develop or stop.

“We, as professionals, have a duty to continually enhance our science curriculum and make it both inspiring and interesting for every child.

“Science is important for children as it instils a sense of intrigue and enables them to develop understanding, form questions and think critically.

“In addition, science helps children to understand

how and why things work like

they do and they can use this knowledge to make well-informed decisions.

“Every decision you make, especially in a technological

society like our own, harks back to

your understanding of science.

“Children should leave primary school with a positive attitude to science and a grounding in some of the basic concepts. A good primary science education opens up careers prospects for every child.”

Pupil Gabriella Heathcote said: “I love learning about how things are made and why things work like they do!.

“I used to think that my digestive system only included my mouth but now I have learnt so much more.”

Classmate Jack Morris added: “I love investigations. My favourite topics so far have been adaptation and the heart. Science helps us to prepare for the future.”