Prep pupils celebrate British Science Week
Pupils in the Prep Department at Bridgewater School embraced British Science Week 2026 with enthusiasm and imagination, exploring this year’s theme: “Curiosity: what’s your question?”.
Throughout the week, children were encouraged to think like scientists – asking questions, investigating ideas and learning through hands-on experiences.
In Kindergarten, pupils explored states of matter, asking how materials change under different conditions through exciting experiments. Prep I pupils became young environmental scientists, exploring the school grounds to investigate ecosystems and discover how living and non-living things interact in the world around them.
Creativity and curiosity continued in Prep IV, where pupils investigated sound by asking: Which materials are best at muffling noise? Through testing and comparing different materials, they developed important problem-solving and analytical skills.
Prep V pupils took their curiosity beyond Earth, exploring the question: What sort of vehicle would work best on the moon? This exciting project was linked to their visit to Jodrell Bank Observatory, helping to bring space science to life.
Across the Prep Department, practical experiments added to the excitement – from making invisible ink, to melting chocolate and baking bread – each activity encouraging pupils to observe, predict and consider their findings.
Meanwhile, students in the Senior School were applying these same skills on a larger scale, designing and testing parachutes as part of their own British Science Week challenge. This connection highlights how the foundations built in the Prep years – curiosity, critical thinking and a love of discovery – continue to grow and develop throughout a pupil’s journey.
