Science

Intent

At Ladybridge Primary School it is our aim to instil a love of Science in all our children and to ensure that Science is fully inclusive to every child.

Through our teaching of Science, we aim to enable our children to acquire and develop specific skills and knowledge to help them to think scientifically.

Children are encouraged to develop and use a range of skills including observations, planning and researching as well as being encouraged to question the world around them.

Concepts taught will be reinforced by focusing on the key features of scientific enquiry, so that they learn to use a variety of approaches to answer relevant scientific questions.

The KAPOW scheme of work enables pupils to meet end of Key Stage targets outlined by the National Curriculum, providing broad and balanced learning, ensuring the progressive development of concepts, knowledge and skills from EYFS up to the end of KS2.

Implementation

We are currently following a scheme of work provided by KAPOW primary. It is designed to encompass the five types of scientific enquiry; observation over time; comparative and fair testing; research with secondary sources, pattern seeking; identifying, grouping and classifying. The KAPOW curriculum ensures that we are progressive throughout the whole school.

Science lessons are taught as a series of lessons, which are carefully planned for progression and depth.

Impact

The impact of the KAPOW scheme can be constantly monitored by the use of both formative and summative assessment. Each unit includes a quiz to be completed at the end of each unit. Our aim is for the pupils to leave our school equipped with a range of skills which enable them to succeed in their secondary education.

To ensure that children at Ladybridge will enjoy Science lessons and that as they develop, they will become increasingly independent in Science, selecting their own tools and materials, being able to complete child led investigations.

Our Science curriculum and planning is well thought out and is planned to demonstrate progression, focusing on progression of knowledge and skills with discreet vocabulary progression.

If children are keeping up with the curriculum they are deemed to be making good or better progress.

Standards in Science will be high and will match standards in other subjects such as English and Maths.

We measure the impact of Science through the following methods;-

·        Interviewing children about their learning (pupil voice)

·        Weekly book flicks to include Science at intervals throughout the year.

·        Annual reporting of Science.