Welcome to Mount Stewart School's Science and Sustainability webpage. This page celebrates the work of our Science and Sustainability Ambassadors and the exciting opportunities we provide for children to develop their scientific knowledge, curiosity and understanding of the world around them.

Our Science and Sustainability Ambassadors play an important role in helping to make our school a more environmentally friendly place. They encourage others to make positive choices, care for our environment and understand how we can all contribute to a more sustainable future.

We are proud to have achieved the Eco-Schools Green Flag accreditation and are continuing our work through the Zero Carbon Schools programme, helping our school community to become more environmentally responsible.

Alongside this, we provide a rich and engaging science curriculum, offering children opportunities to investigate, explore, question and develop their understanding of the world through practical experiences and scientific enquiry.

Why do we have Science and Sustainability Ambassadors?

Being a Science and Sustainability Ambassador provides pupils with an exciting opportunity to become actively involved in school life and help shape the decisions we make about our environment and sustainability.

Our Ambassadors are encouraged to share their own ideas and opinions, represent the views of their classmates and communicate important messages from meetings. They help to raise awareness of environmental issues and encourage everyone to make small changes that can have a positive impact.

Through this role, pupils develop important skills such as confidence, communication, teamwork, leadership and negotiation. They also develop a greater understanding of environmental responsibility and how science can help us make informed decisions about the world around us.

What do our Science and Sustainability Ambassadors do?

Our Science and Sustainability Ambassadors work together to care for our school environment and promote positive changes. Their responsibilities include:

• Encouraging children and adults to follow our school Eco-Code.

• Monitoring energy use and encouraging everyone to save electricity and water.

• Promoting recycling and reducing waste across the school.

• Sharing ideas and leading initiatives to make our school more sustainable.

• Taking part in discussions, meetings and votes, before sharing important information with their classes.

• Supporting environmental projects and encouraging others to take responsibility for our planet.

Ambassadors meet regularly to discuss their ideas, review progress and plan new initiatives. They are an important voice in helping our school community become more sustainable.

How do we promote Science at Mount Stewart?

Science is an important part of our curriculum at Mount Stewart. As a school, we aim to engage, inspire and challenge all children, developing their scientific knowledge, curiosity and confidence to ask questions about the world around them.

Through our science curriculum, children have opportunities to:

• Develop their knowledge and understanding of biology, chemistry and physics.

• Explore scientific concepts through practical investigations and hands-on experiences.

• Develop their working scientifically skills, including observing, measuring, classifying, predicting and carrying out investigations.

• Ask questions, make predictions, discuss findings and draw conclusions.

• Develop scientific vocabulary and explain their ideas using evidence.

• Make links between science, sustainability and real-life issues.

We enrich our science curriculum through exciting opportunities and experiences, including British Science Week, STEM activities, workshops, visitors and links with external organisations and local secondary schools. These experiences help children see how science is used in the wider world and inspire them to consider future opportunities in STEM.

We also celebrate science beyond the classroom through displays, investigations, science challenges and opportunities for children to share their discoveries and develop their curiosity.

At Mount Stewart, we want every child to see themselves as a scientist, develop a curiosity about the world, and understand how they can use science to make a positive difference to the future.