Dates: 3rd February; 31st March; 19th May and 30th June 2025

Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm each day

In person at the Science Oxford Centre, OX3 8SB

Price: Free for 2025 with thanks to the generous support of The Oxford Trust (Full price is usually £900).

Full attendance is required for all four days. A non-attendance charge of £200 per day will apply.

For: Primary teachers meeting the eligibility criteria listed below

Registration closes on 27th January 2025.

The Thinking, Doing, Talking Science (TDTScience) four-day course for primary teachers provides in-depth training on how to develop pupils’ higher order thinking skills, promote oracy through dedicated ‘Bright Ideas’ discussion slots,  boost knowledge and enquiry skills through purposeful practical science activities and utilise focused recording for assessment that leads to a reduction in writing.  Strategies can be implemented immediately in the classroom and require minimal inexpensive resources.

The TDTScience approach encourages children’s exploration, investigation, discovery and experimentation, and unlocks their excitement and enthusiasm for science whilst making lessons more practical, creative and challenging. It has also been shown to enhance teacher confidence. It is suitable for all primary teachers, from early career through to subject specialists. TDTScience was developed by Science Oxford in partnership with Oxford Brookes University.  It is now being rolled out nationally by the Primary Science Teaching Trust.

Places are limited and the following eligibility criteria apply:

• You must be practising as a primary teacher or primary science specialist, in a state school in Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire
• Be either
  • working in an East Oxford state primary school (see list below*)
  • or a primary school in Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire with an above average percentage (above 24.6%) number of pupils in receipt of free school meals (FSMs)
• Maximum of one teacher per school

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If you do not meet the above criteria, you can add your name to a waiting list by completing this form.

Remaining places will be allocated in the following order after the 19^th January:

• • 1. To other state primary schools in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
    2. To state primary schools in neighbouring regions such as Newbury, Reading and Swindon.

These will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis and at the discretion of Science Oxford

*Eligible East Oxford schools: Rose Hill Primary School; Bayards Hills School; Barton Park Primary School; St Christopher’s CofE School, Cowley; Wood Farm Primary School; Church Cowley St James CofE Primary School; St Francis Primary School; Tyndale Community School; Sandhills Community Primary School; St Andrew’s CofE Primary School; Our Lady’s Roman Catholic Primary School; Windmill Primary School.