Science

Curriculum Intent:

The intent statement for our science curriculum aims to foster curiosity, critical thinking, and a passion for exploration. It is designed to provide a solid foundation in scientific concepts and processes, encouraging students to ask questions, make observations, and conduct simple investigations. The curriculum seeks to cultivate scientific understanding, encouraging students to communicate their findings and ideas effectively. Through engaging and hands-on activities, the science curriculum intends to inspire a lifelong love for learning and a deeper understanding of the natural world.

Implementation

  • A clear outline of the science topics and concepts to be taught at each year group, ensures a progressive learning journey.
  • Learning Objectives: Specific, measurable, and age-appropriate learning outcomes for each year group, aligned with the curriculum intent statement.
  • Teaching Methods: Description of various teaching strategies, including hands-on experiments, scaffolding, modelling, demonstrations, small group activities, and use of multimedia resources to make science engaging and accessible for young learners.
  • Assessment Plan: Details about formative and summative assessment methods to evaluate students’ understanding and progress regularly, helping teachers tailor their instruction accordingly.

The White Rose Science curriculum meticulously maps out the progression of both scientific knowledge and working scientifically skills (substantive and disciplinary knowledge) throughout the academic year.

This strategic alignment ensures that the knowledge and skills are tailored to each year group, and the small-step approach guarantees sufficient coverage and time for effective teaching and consolidation of these essential skills.

Each small-step is accompanied by a National Curriculum link, indicating the covered substantive knowledge and the disciplinary skill.

Curriculum Impact:

Our engaging science curriculum will ensure that children gain a strong foundation in scientific concepts, principles, and processes.

Science education will encourage children to be curious, ask questions, and explore the world around them.

Science learning involves analysing data, making connections, and drawing conclusions. This nurtures critical thinking and problem-solving abilities in children. Practical experiments and hands-on activities engage children directly in the learning process and ensure equity of experience for all children.

Early exposure to engaging science lessons can spark an interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, potentially leading to future careers in these areas, by encouraging creativity and problem-solving, our science curriculum inspires the next generation of innovators, inventors, and scientists. Science education will raise awareness about environmental challenges and the importance of sustainable practices, empowering children to become responsible citizens who care for the planet.