Science
Intent
Our overall intention is to nurture and develop our six qualities of learning which enable all children to shine…for life! We nurture and encourage creative, kind and resilient learners who are reflective, inquisitive and determined in all they do. Our intention is for learners at St Levan to know more and remember more in Science through investigation, observation and explanation.
To think like scientists, learners at St Levan focus on our three subject specific characteristics which are:
Investigate
I can investigate
Observe
I observe the world around me
Explain
I explain what has happened
These three characteristics are woven throughout our Science curriculum and are built upon as children progress through the school. This ensures that children acquire the skills and knowledge they need to succeed, expressed in concepts and language with which they have already become familiar.
Implementation
We provide an engaging, characterful and balanced curriculum for all.
Our inclusive curriculum is carefully planned to allow for progress for all pupils in our two mixed age classes. We recognise the challenges of teaching a progression within a subject to a mixed age class and, having undertaken our own research and consulted subject specialists and organisations, developed our own pedagogy and created what we believe is the best fit for our setting. With a commitment to the removal of barriers to learning and participation, we offer high quality teaching and appropriate differentiation to meet the needs of all. Using our rolling programme (see our Curriculum Offer page), we teach Science through termly units and focus on building knowledge, understanding and how to work scientifically.
Please find below our Science Curriculum Progression documents:
- Progression in working scientifically skills
- Knowledge Matrices Y1-6
- St Levan EYFS Progression Overview
We interconnect learning opportunities with an enriched environment to promote a love of learning and the outdoors.
To allow for an engaging, characterful and balanced curriculum, Science at St Levan incorporates trips to nearby places of interest such as museums, wildlife rehabilitation centres, places of work etc. as well as inviting experts to come and visit school to share and inspire.Impact
By the end of KS2, we aim for pupils to have achieved age related expectation in Science, for children to have retained knowledge that is pertinent to Science with a real life context. We aim for children to be able to question ideas and reflect on knowledge, work collaboratively and practically to investigate and experiment and that they are able explain the process they have taken and be able to reason scientifically.
Our Science Curriculum is planned to enable progression and build on and embed current skills working towards the expected National Curriculum outcomes. Our regular assessments in Science enable us to identify gaps and trends in the curriculum and pupil attainment. We also measure the impact of our curriculum through the following methods: pupil discussions and interviewing the pupils about their learning (pupil voice), photo, recording and video evidence of the pupils' practical learning.