This term we prepare for November with some safety advice for fireworks and a safe recipe for slime. We introduce two new projects, the Primary Science Quality Mark and Getting Practical. There's also a few tips on developing your school grounds.

An activity where children investigate which material is best to make a garden path.

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

This document contains guidance on how to undertake, smaller, fiddlier planting projects without wearing gardening gloves.