Through teaching Science at Lugwardine, we intend to develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena.
A high-quality science education provides the foundations for understanding the world. Children should be encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave, and analyse causes.
Through weekly lessons our aim is for all children to develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through these units: Life Processes and Living Things, Materials and their Properties and Physical Processes, 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 be equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future.
Science in Key Stage 1
Science in KS1 is about enabling pupils to experience and observe phenomena, look more closely at the natural and humanly-constructed world around them. Children will be encouraged to be curious and ask questions about what they notice. We will support their understanding of scientific ideas by planning lessons where children can observe changes over a period of time, notice patterns, group and classify things and carry out simple comparative tests. Learning will be done through the use of first-hand practical experiences and using appropriate secondary sources, such as books, photographs and videos.
Science in Key Stage 2
The principal focus of science teaching in upper key stage 2 is to enable pupils to develop a deeper understanding of a wide range of scientific ideas. They will do this through exploring and talking about their ideas; asking their own questions about scientific phenomena; and analysing functions, relationships and interactions more systematically.
They will select the most appropriate ways to answer science questions using different types of scientific enquiry, including observing changes over different periods of time, noticing patterns, grouping and classifying things and carrying out comparative and fair tests. Pupils should draw conclusions based on their data and observations, use evidence to justify their ideas, and use their scientific knowledge and understanding to explain their findings.