This practical allows children to create a simple electrical circuit using adhesive copper tape, a battery and a coloured LED. When placed in a school-made greetings card, the LED will light up adding sparkle.

This document provides guidance on choosing and purchasing batteries for practical circuit work.

In this issue we look at a beekeeping primary school and other opportunities for learning out of doors and some health and safety advice for visits from secondary school science teachers. There are updates to how you will be required to label any chemicals you have and a recipe for slime!

This edition gives details of where to find advice about learning outdoors, some new ideas for D&T projects and advice about chinese lanterns and helium baloons.