Home About us Parent’s Information Classes Our Curriculum Noticeboard Policies Contact us Science DREAM BIG! Believe, Aspire, Achieve A high quality Science education provides the foundations for understanding the world. Science has changed our lives and it is vital to the world’s future prosperity. Through building up a body of knowledge and concepts, pupils should be encouraged to recognise the power of rational explanation and develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena. They should be encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave, and analyse causes. National Curriculum 2014 Science at Carrwood Primary School At Carrwood Primary School, our intention, when planning and delivering the science curriculum, is to foster and develop our pupils curiosity and to help our children make sense of the world around them. We aim to prepare our pupils for life in an increasingly scientific and technological world and to teach our children the skills and knowledge that could be used in a future career. Our curriculum has been developed to ensure full coverage of the National Curriculum and to encourage a sense of wonder and questioning about natural phenomena. At Carrwood we intend to create learners who are comfortable with science and excited by discovery whilst providing all our children with a purposeful, broad and balanced science curriculum which is relevant to them. In the Early Years Foundation Stage the aim is to enable children to: comment and ask questions about aspects of their familiar world, such as the place where they live or the natural world. talk about some of the things they have observed, such as plants, animals, natural and found objects. talk about why things happen and how things work. develop an understanding of growth, decay and changes over time. show care and concern for living things and the environment. observe the effects of physical activity on their bodies. eat a healthy range of foodstuffs and understand a need for variety in food. show some understanding that good practices with regard to exercise, eating, sleeping and hygiene can contribute to good health. know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another. These are taught through two strands; Understanding the World and Physical Development. Year 1 and 2 working scientifically expectations: ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways. use simple equipment to observe closely. perform simple tests. identify and classify. use his/her observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions. gather and record data to help in answering questions. Year 3 and 4 working scientifically expectations: ask relevant questions and use different types of scientific enquiry to answer them. set up simple practical enquiry, comparative and fair tests. make systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, take accurate measurements using standard units, use a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers. gather, record, classify and present data in a variety of ways to help in answer questions. record findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables. report on findings from enquiry, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions. use results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions. identify differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes. use straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings. Year 5 and 6 working scientifically expectations: plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer their own or others’ questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary. take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate. record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs. use test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests. report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations. report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations. describe and evaluate their own and other people’s scientific ideas related to topics in the national curriculum (including ideas that have changed over time), using evidence from a range of sources. group and classify things and recognise patterns. Here are some links to some fun experiments which you could try at home with your children: https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/category/150-science-experiments/ https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/support-for-parents/things-to-do-with-your-child/fun-with-science/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8orPh_T76AIVwrTtCh1XvAOsEAAYASAAEgKhdvD_BwE Finally, here are some useful links for children to access at home linked to Science: For Key Stage 1: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6svr82 For Key Stage 2: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z2pfb9q Downloads Science Long Term Planning (137.84 KB png file - Click to download) Science Long Term Coverage Plan (62.54 KB png file - Click to download) Influential British People in Science (125.34 KB pdf file - Click to download) Influential British Events in Science (118.46 KB pdf file - Click to download) Related Pages Our Curriculum English – Reading English – Writing English – Vocabulary Phonics Maths History Geography Science PSHE Computing Online Safety Design Technology Modern Foreign Languages PE EYFS Art Music RE Forest School Assessment Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural Development (SMSC) © 2021 Carrwood Primary School All Rights Reserved.