Curriculum Statement for Science

We aim to give all children a strong understanding of the world around them whilst acquiring specific skills and knowledge to help them to think scientifically, to gain an understanding of scientific processes and also an understanding of the uses and implications of science, today and for the future. Our curriculum includes a strong focus on the skills of scientific inquiry through an investigative and exploratory approach that makes learning memorable. Children will take away a deep understanding of both science content and scientific method.

Intent

To design a curriculum where children are given a lifelong curiosity and interest in the sciences.

To plan opportunities for children to learn thrugh varied systematic investigations, leading them being equipped for life to ask and answer scientific questions about the world around them.  

As children progress through the year groups, they build on their skills in working scientifically, as well as on their scientific knowledge, as they develop greater independence in planning and carrying out fair and comparative tests to answer a range of scientific questions.

To provide children with wider opportunities in science and make links to other subjects.

Implementation

To continue to support staff subject knowledge to ensure a good science curriculum is being taught throughout school by regular training and professional development.

To plan regular CPD and staff meetings to review the science coverage within school and develop staff understanding and knowledge.

Scientific knowledge and enquiry skills are developed with increasing depth and challenge as children move through the year groups. They complete investigations and hands-on activities while gaining the scientific knowledge for each unit. Activities are effectively differentiated so that all children have an appropriate level of support and challenge.

Impact

Children enjoy and are enthusiastic about science in our school and are actively curious to learn more and see the relevance of what they are learning in every day life. Children will increase their ability to know more, remember more and explain more.

There is a clear progression of children’s work and teachers’ expectations in our school. Children’s work shows a range of topics and evidence of the curriculum coverage for all science topics.

Children are becoming increasingly independent in science, selecting their own tools and materials, completing pupil lead investigations and choosing their own strategies for recording.

 Our SLT and governors are kept up to date with developments in the way science is run in our school with subject reports, action plans and review meetings.

The learning environment across the school will be more consistent with science technical vocabulary displayed, spoken and used by all learners.