This term's issue sees the launch of the 2017 Primary Science & Technology competition. Leigh Hoath, editor of ASE’s Primary Science, shares some ideas about moving children’s learning forward through activities which support joined up thinking. CLEAPSS launches Calrissa the bunny into space and we add a new twist to a popular D&T activity by designing a a space rover.

In this issue: making a wormery, the RSPB, tadpoles, mud kitchens, doing things safely outdoors and gardening.

An activity where children make a medium size rocket powered by vinegar and bicarbonate of soda, which they can watch being launched by an adult.