Science

In our school, children are taught science every week. It is given dedicated time for children to develop and embed practical skills and knowledge.

All science topics begin as a question to help develop the children’s thinking about it immediately. Each science topic starts with a recap of vocabulary so that the teacher can assess the children’s prior knowledge and plan lessons accordingly.

Practise and consolidation play a key role and sequence of lessons are developed to build on knowledge and practical skills. Independent work provides the means for all pupils to develop and apply their knowledge; teachers can adapt this learning to meet the needs of individuals where appropriate. Lessons are planned to provide the means to achieve greater depth, with more able children being offered more challenging tasks within the lesson as appropriate.

The aim of our science curriculum is for pupils to:

• Develop a broad knowledge of biology, chemistry and physics.
• Develop their enquiry, investigation, analysis and evaluation knowledge through practical science and to develop questioning about the world around them.
• Understand how science around them has implications on the present and future.
• Develop personal qualities such as perseverance, resilience, patience, aspiration and self-belief through a sense of achievement and success