“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
– Carl Sagan
Our Science curriculum aims to inspire curiosity, creativity, and a lifelong interest in exploring the world around us. We want children to understand how science explains natural phenomena, supports technological progress, and impacts everyday life.
Head
- Learn scientific facts and theories.
- Have opportunities to create, through designing experiments and predicting results
- Have opportunities to observe, explain, record, enquire, test,
evaluate and conclude.
Heart
- Foster curiosity and creativity about what they are learning and
about the world around them. to ask questions - Foster a love of learning new knowledge and skills, a love of building
on existing knowledge and skills and a love of creating, planning and
undertaking scientific experiments, methodically. - Have resilience and determination by knowing that hard work will give us the answers and help us to succeed e.g. repeating experiments for fair testing. To know that it is OK to not get things right all of the time and we learn from mistakes
Hand
- To begin to answer their own 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.
- Understand that science is essential to everyday life and the impact it can have on our planet.
At English Martyrs we follow the National Curriculum for Science.
The National Curriculum for Science aims to ensure that all pupils develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics. It also states, that all pupils develop an 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. In addition, we will ensure pupils are equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of Science, today and for the future.
By the end of their time here at English Martyrs , pupils will have a firm foundation of skills which enable them to ‘work scientifically’ as well as a knowledge and understanding of some of the key principals for each aspect of Science that will enable them to make a smooth transition to KS3 – being Secondary Ready! Pupils will enquire, observe, investigate and discover in their learning!
There are 2 aspects of Science which run side by side:
Curricular Content – knowledge, understanding and application of learning.
Science Skills – scientific inquiry, investigation, analytical thinking and scientific literacy.
Useful Science Web-links
Create your own home or school experiments with Science Bob!
http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/
BBC Science Links for 4-11yr olds
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/science.shtml
Fun Interactive Science Games and Investigations
www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities.html
Science Museum –Interactive Games and Information
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/online_science/games.aspx
Science – Visit the Children’s University accredited sites www.peterboroughlearning.org.uk/peterborough-children-s-university.html
