Science
Our Science curriculum is designed to excite children’s curiosity about the world and help them to understand the uses of science, as well as its implications for the future. Throughout school, pupils continuously develop their scientific vocabulary and enquiry skills as they revise different topics. This allows them to direct their own investigations as independent, active learners, seeking to answer their own questions.
We enrich our Science curriculum with school trips and hosting visits at the school. The children have been visited by the RSPB, who taught them about habitats and different types of trees. Some children also got the chance to take part in the Great Science share, where they demonstrated an investigation and explored different investigations from children at other schools.
This year for British Science week we were very lucky to have visitors from Mad Science. They carried out a variety of science experiments that amazed and intrigued our children. The children in years 3 and 4 then had the opportunity to take part in workshops where they carried out some of their own investigations. We also took part in the poster competition which this year was about adaptations.
"I really enjoyed the Mad Science assembly. Especially the part that was about gravity. I don't know how the ball didn't fall onto the floor."
"I liked the workshop because it was about Rocks, which was our Science topic at the time."
As children explored plantlife in Science, we decided to take a hands-on approach and helped children plant flowers across the school grounds. The children love getting their hands dirty and watching their plants grow!
Spring 1 Topics -
Nursery - Melting and Freezing - To be aware that water can melt and freeze.
Reception - Melting and Freezing - To explain how water can melt and freeze. To learn about the habitats of penguins and polar bears.
Year 1 - Properties of materials - Identify everyday materials. Compare and group based on properties.
Year 2 - Squash, bend, twist and stretch - In this unit, children explore how the shapes of objects can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. In doing this they raise questions, perform simple tests, and gather and record data.
Year 3 - Rocks, soils and fossils - In this topic children work scientifically on a variety of quick investigations and longer tasks to learn about rocks. This topic covers the properties and uses of rocks, the rock family, soils and finally fossils.
Year 4 - Looking at states - Children will learn about states of matter. They will compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases. They will observe that some materials change state when heated or cooled, and they will identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle.
Year 5 - Let's get moving - In this topic children learn about forces and machines. They start with the force of gravity then study friction forces, including air and water resistance, before investigating how simple machines work.
Year 6 - Light - This topic introduces the concept of light travelling in straight lines. It starts by looking at beams of light and how light travels to enable children to understand how we see things. This understanding is then applied to the production of shadows and starts to look at how light is reflected. The topic then takes the learning into the realm of coloured light and rainbows, using scientific skills to raise and answer questions. It builds on the work carried out in Year 3 on light, shadows and reflection.
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