{"id":2539,"date":"2026-03-11T13:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:24:16","slug":"british-science-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/2026\/03\/11\/british-science-week-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"British Science week 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of British Science week we have been making posters for a national competition .  The theme this year is &#8216;What makes children&#8217;s lives positive?&#8217; We discussed what makes us happy and feel good in our lives. We had some lovely responses, like family, friends, being outside in nature, animals, playing with friends etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also made a web ecosystem, which was way more fun than it sounds! We each had a random animal, plant or source of food that can be found in our local environment. We had to choose another animal\/plant\/food source that we had a connection with and throw the ball of string to them. We very quickly saw how all the different parts of an ecosystem are connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132240\/IMG_0456-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132240\/IMG_0456-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132240\/IMG_0456-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132240\/IMG_0456-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132240\/IMG_0456.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132253\/IMG_0457-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132253\/IMG_0457-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132253\/IMG_0457-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132253\/IMG_0457-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132253\/IMG_0457.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132309\/IMG_0460-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132309\/IMG_0460-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132309\/IMG_0460-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132309\/IMG_0460-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132309\/IMG_0460.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132321\/IMG_0461-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132321\/IMG_0461-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132321\/IMG_0461-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/11132321\/IMG_0461-rotated.jpeg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of British Science week we have been making posters for a national competition . The theme this year is &#8216;What makes children&#8217;s lives positive?&#8217; We discussed what makes us happy and feel good in our lives. 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