Science curriculum intent:
The 2014 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
- 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 skills required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future.
Whilst the National Curriculum, in its entirety, will provide the framework around which the Science Curriculum at St Adrian’s will be structured, it is our intent to offer a curriculum that makes provision for:
- pupils’ natural curiosity to be encouraged and nourished so as to foster a sense of awe and wonder at the limitless beauty and diversity of the world and beyond;
- Stimuli which challenge the pupils to ask questions;
- engagement and relevance to the pupils;
- opportunities for children to hone the generic skills of collaboration, independence, research, and reflection;
- pupils to regularly employ the key scientific skills of making predictions; planning experiments; making observations; taking measurements, presenting data and drawing conclusions based on the results; discussing the limitations of their empirical findings; and conduct experiments with due regard for safety;
- the acquisition of the scientific knowledge and skills stipulated in the National Curriculum;
- opportunities to refine and build upon existing skills and experiences;
- equipping the pupils for secondary school education and setting them on the road for life-long learning;
- empowering the pupils to make a positive difference to their community and to society in general.
Our school Science curriculum map:
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
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| Year 1 | Animals including humans; Ourselves | Plants | Materials and Seasons |
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| Year 2 | Animals including humans and Plants | Habitats | Materials |
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| Year 3 | Magnets and Rocks | Animals including humans and Plants | Light |
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| Year 4 | Electricity and Sound | Habitats and States of Matter | Scientist and Inventors |
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| Year 5 | The Solar System and Earth | Forces and Materials | Circle of Life (Life cycles) |
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| Year 6 | Evolution and Inheritance | Habitats (Classification) and Light | Scientist and Inventors |
