THE link between a school sandpit and an electric guitar might not be obvious, but parents who visited Chapel Street Infants School at Dalton in 1989 learned there were more ways than one of teaching science.
The school's science afternoon welcomed parents of four-seven-year-olds at the school and those who would start in autumn.
PUPILS: Third year children at Chapel Street Infants School in 1988
SCIENCE: Sarah, Jennifer and Emma at the science afternoon at Chapel Street Infants School in 1989
They saw how science teaching could start on the first day at school and continue to the day the child left.
Pupils from George Romney juniors and Dowdales secondary in Dalton brought projects to show science in action.
This meant the continuity was evident from the first steps in measuring with sand and water - from the awakening of ideas on how we understand the world - to the putting of that understanding into practice, using the design and construction of devices such as the electric guitar that use technology.
Chapel Street head Christine Macadie explained: "We wanted to demonstrate the awakening of ideas in children by the use of science - to show parents the work children are doing under the new curriculum."
LEARN: An exercise in precision for Ross at the science afternoon at the science afternoon at Chapel Street Infants School in 1989
The topic that year was Light and Dark, dealt with in various ways. Police came in to talk about road safety at night and the ways that street lighting and reflective materials could help in the dark.
Other children looked under stones for creepy crawlies that live in the dark and then made models of the creatures they found, sorting them into mathematical sets according to shape, colour and number of legs.
Other topics included wildlife and weather - with children observing and recording each day - cookery, and candles.
SMILES: Rachel taking part in a musical activity at the science afternoon at Chapel Street Infants School in 1989
Construction toys were another challenge, with children first exploring the nature of the materials and then being encouraged to make something with them.
Older pupils from Dowdales were at the event to show the results of their course work under the then new GCSE system, also demonstrating projects in design and technology.
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