Science

Science intent

At Gisburn Road Community Primary School, we aim to create fun and exciting science lessons which give the children an opportunity to access all of our science principles. These principles promote questioning, challenge, working practically, investigating, making choices, working independently and using scientific vocabulary. Children are encouraged to develop their independence in scientific questioning, planning how to investigate in science and carry out and evaluate investigations. Children also develop an understanding of how important and relevant science is to their lives, now and in the future through enterprise and STEM activities.

 

Aims and Objectives:

  • Provide children with the skills to use themselves as starting points for learning about science, encouraging them to question and form lines of enquiry, building on their enthusiasm and natural sense of awe and wonder about the world.
  • Develop skills such as observation, prediction, investigation, interpretation, communication, questioning and hypothesizing, and increased use of precise measurement skills and ICT, through practical activities.
  • Ensure children are to creative in their approach to Science, encouraging and enabling pupils to offer their own suggestions, gaining enjoyment from their scientific work, providing a solid foundation for learning.
  • Enable children to develop their skills of co-operation through working with others, and to encourage where possible, ways for children to explore Science in forms which are relevant and meaningful to them.
  • Teach scientific enquiry through contexts taken from the National Curriculum for Science.
  • Encourage children to collect relevant evidence through investigations, to question outcome and to be resilient.
  • Involve children in Science in a way that is challenging to all abilities and relevant to their needs and experiences.
  • Encourage children to treat the living and non-living environment with respect and sensitivity, enhancing environmental awareness and responsibility.
  • Stress the need for personal and group safety by the correct usage and storage of resources.
  • To enable children to appreciate that we do not always know the answers and results when carrying out scientific enquiry.

 

Yearly Overview

Science Yearly Overview