Science

At St Faith’s, our engaging Science Curriculum develops children's love of learning and nurtures individuals' skills and talents. Children are supported to ‘let their light shine’ (Matthew 5:16) and reach their full potential.

Curriculum Intent

Our aim is for all children to receive a broad, balanced and progressive science education at St Faith’s.

St Faith's science curriculum:

Stimulates children’s interest in the world around them
Develops children’s skills of scientific enquiry and problem solving
Provide a high-quality, broad and balanced science education
Builds on knowledge and skills gained from prior learning so pupils progress well, developing the self-confidence to apply their scientific learning
Promote a love for science
Prepare children for life in an increasingly scientific and technological world today

Curriculum Implementation

At St Faith's, we nurture children’s natural curiosity through exploration, discovery and developing skills of scientific enquiry. The local environment, trips, and practical activities are used to widen children’s horizons and give science a meaningful context.

Our Science curriculum is taught:

Using the Engaging Science scheme to support teaching and ensures full coverage of the National Curriculum
Through engaging and well- planned lessons, with opportunities for regular, precise questioning in class to assess conceptual knowledge and skills, and to identify those children with gaps in learning
Using a clear progression of skills and knowledge and building on prior knowledge
Through the understanding of key vocabulary and building on prior knowledge
Through many opportunities for practical work and investigations
By embedding "Working scientifically" skills into lessons
By introducing new vocabulary and challenging concepts through direct teaching
To support children of all abilities to make progress
To challenge children and develop their ability to explain and reason

As well as exciting weekly lessons, science at St Faith’s includes activities such as:

Trips, including the Science Museum, farms/zoos and outdoor learning centres, to enhance learning
Learning about the life-cycle of chicks by hatching them from eggs
Science afternoons with a range of practical experiments such as rocket making, making butter or using lemons as electricity conductors
Cross-curricular activities exploring themes such as climate change and plastic pollution
Joining in with live science lessons broadcast across the country
Learning about diversity in science e.g. through exploring scientists from different backgrounds

These first-hand experiences enable children to develop their factual knowledge and scientific skills, and gain an understanding of living things, materials, and scientific processes. Each year children build up their scientific knowledge and understanding of concepts, developing the self-confidence and independence to apply their knowledge.

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