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Purpose of study
A high-quality science education provides the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics. Science has changed our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all pupils should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. Through building up a body of key foundational knowledge and concepts, pupils should be encouraged to recognise the power of rational explanation and develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena. They should be encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave, and analyse causes.
Source: National Curriculum, 2014
Aims
The national curriculum for science aims to ensure that all pupils:
Our Intent for science at Countess Gytha Primary School
At Countess Gytha Primary School we aim to fulfil the requirement of the National Curriculum for Science by providing a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum which is inclusive of every child.
At the heart of Science is the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics. Our science curriculum is designed to build up a body of key foundational knowledge, skills and concepts, and pupils should be encouraged to recognise the power of rational explanation and develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena.
We want our children to confidently explore and discover what is around them, so that they have a deeper understanding of the world we live in. We want our children to have no limits to what their ambitions are and to be inspired to grow up wanting to be astronauts, forensic scientists, toxicologists or microbiologists. Ultimately, we want our children to enjoy science!
How is our science curriculum implemented?
Science at Countess Gytha is taught in Early Years, with informal investigation within the setting. Teachers facilitate children’s curiosity with open ended questions and clearly thought-out learning experiences which are both child and adult led.
In KS1 and KS2, children continue to build on their science knowledge with more formal weekly science lessons where they are taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills: asking questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways; observing closely, using equipment; performing tests and experiments; identifying and classifying; using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions and gathering and recording data too help in answering questions.
As our classes support mixed year groups, we have carefully crafted rolling programmes to ensure all children have met the aims of the National Curriculum in each key stage.
Progression of Skills
Our progression of Skills document details the progression in children's scientific knowledge and skills across the school.