Science Organisation and Enrichment

Organisation of the Curriculum 

We aim to teach children conceptually in order to develop a deeper level of understanding throughout the children’s time at school. Teachers will impart essential knowledge that has been planned progressively, through the NET curriculum, beginning in EYFS and across key stage one and two.

Scientific Strands:

Strands in science continue throughout the whole curriculum: Biology, Chemistry, Physics

This planned knowledge will include vocabulary and concepts. The concepts will build upon one another year after year and refer to one another over time.

The progression of skills is illustrated in our Skills document. This document lists all the scientific skills that are covered in each of the units and shows how they are developed though a child’s learning journey. It also lists the rationale of the units – why that knowledge and those skills are taught at that time of the academic year, and at that stage in the child’s schooling. 

The skills are split into 4 different domains: Questioning, Planning and Enquiring; Investigating; Observing and Recording; Concluding and Evaluating. 

 Enrichment

• Science focuses on developing scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
• All children have many opportunities to develop their understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of scientific enquiries; encouraging curiosity. This culminates in an annual Science Day.
• Students are equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future – including many interdisciplinary opportunities.
• Developing a culture of science as a creative learning process, enabling children to approach unfamiliar real-life problems with confidence and resilience.