Science

The National Curriculum for Science aims to ensure all pupils:

• Develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific areas of biology, chemistry and physics. 

• Develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of science enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them.

• Are equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future.

Areas covered are:

• Working scientifically
• Plants
• Animals, including humans
• Everyday materials
• Seasonal changes
• Living things and their habitats
• Rocks
• Light
• Forces and Magnets
• States of matter
• Sound
• Electricity
• Earth and space
• Evolution and inheritance

We have also developed our own Academy principles of Science which are:

• Everyone is excited and enthusiastic about their Science lessons.

• We take our scientific ideas home and share them.

• Science lessons are hands-on and we get to use lots of different equipment.

• My teacher is not always leading the lesson, giving us the chance to find answers ourselves.

• Everyone asks questions to further their scientific knowledge.

• Our Science lessons are related to the world around us, so we can see the significance in learning about it.

• We will use English and Maths skills in our Science lessons.