Science

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
-Jane Goodall

Intent - What are we aiming for?

The science curriculum, underpinned by the school’s wider vision and aims, aims to enable all children to:

develop children’s substantive knowledge, building their understanding of wider scientific concepts (such as life processes, light and states of matter) through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics;
develop children’s understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science (working scientifically) through development of the 7 scientific enquiry skills, as noted by the Primary Science Teaching Trust (PSTT), which are: predicting, asking questions, planning and setting up enquiries, observing and measuring, recording data, interpreting and reporting, and evaluating enquiries;
expose children to the wide range of science-related careers and represent the diversity of people who are scientists or are in science-related jobs, ensuring all children ‘see someone like them’ in science, in the effort to improve aspiration for typically underrepresented groups i.e. girls and ethnic minorities;
foster and continue to sustain children’s curiosity, awe and wonder about the rapidly changing world around them, whilst equipping them with the knowledge and skills to understand it; and
empower children to make informed choices in relation to their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of the environment.