Our teaching and learning reflects the National Curriculum requirements for
Science.
These are as follows:
During Key Stage 1 pupils observe, explore and ask questions about living things,
materials and phenomena. They begin to work together to collect evidence to
help them answer questions and to link this to simple scientific ideas. They
evaluate evidence and consider whether tests or comparisons are fair. They use
reference materials to find out more about scientific ideas. They share their
ideas and communicate them using scientific language, drawings, charts and
tables.
The science Key Stage 1 curriculum consists of:
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Sc1 Scientific enquiry
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Sc2 Life processes and living things
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Sc3 Materials and their properties
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Sc4 Physical processes
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Breadth of study
During Key Stage 2 pupils learn about a wider range of living things, materials
and phenomena. They begin to make links between ideas and to explain things
using simple models and theories. They apply their knowledge and understanding
of scientific ideas to familiar phenomena, everyday things and their personal
health. They begin to think about the positive and negative effects of scientific
and technological developments on the environment and in other contexts. They
carry out more systematic investigations, working on their own and with others.
They use a range of reference sources in their work. They talk about their work
and its significance, and communicate ideas using a wide range of scientific
language, conventional diagrams, charts and graphs.
The science Key Stage 2 curriculum consists of:
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Sc1 Scientific enquiry
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Sc2 Life processes and living things
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Sc3 Materials and their properties
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Sc4 Physical processes
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Breadth of study
“Science stimulates and excites pupils’ curiosity about phenomena and events in
the world around them. It also satisfies this curiosity with knowledge…Pupils
recognise the cultural significance of science…They learn to question and
discuss science-based issues that may affect their own lives, the direction of
society and the future of the world.” (National Curriculum)
Aims
1. The overall aim of the staff is to deliver Science in line with the National
Curriculum, using the QCA guidance to support this.
2. To provide children with opportunities to experience, enjoy and learn from a
wide range of Science topics.
3. To teach skills associated with science that will develop knowledge and
understanding within the subject. These skills will be of value in other curricular
areas and applicable to everyday life.
4. To ensure Science is relevant to the world of the child and capitalise on the
child’s natural curiosity.
5. To ensure balance, breadth and progression throughout the school.
6. To use science to provide opportunities to develop children’s’ spiritual, moral,
social and cultural development.
7. To promote key skills through science and encourage the development of thinking
skills through scientific enquiry.
Objectives
The objectives of teaching science are to enable children to:
· ask and answer scientific questions;
· plan and carry out scientific investigations, using equipment (including
computers) correctly;
· know and understand the life processes of living things;
· know and understand the physical processes of materials, electricity, light,
sound, and natural forces;
· know about the nature of the solar system, including the earth;
· evaluate evidence, and present their conclusions clearly and accurately.
Science is celebrated in displays around the school. A whole school display
celebrates SC1 skills and progress throughout the school.