Science

At Windrush CofE Primary School, the science curriculum aims to ensure all children have a high level of science experiences, resulting in a full spectrum of scientific knowledge and skills to allow them to engage in science enquiry effectively.  Children are confident and able to talk about their science learning and the skills they used to get there. 

Through the use of targeted questioning and discussions children are encouraged to use a variety of approaches to answer scientific questions. We encourage them to ask questions and come up with their own ways to answer them through an investigative teaching approach.  All children will be given the tools to be able to think scientifically and gain a deep understanding of the scientific processes and also an understanding of the uses and implications of Science in their lives now and for future careers.  

There is a clear progression of enquiry skills, knowledge and vocabulary as the children move through the school. The result is the embedding of knowledge and skills from Early Years to Year 6 with a well- rounded ambitious attitude to science and high level of science capital as the outcome for pupils leaving our school. By the end of each phase, we expect children to have met the objectives set out in the National Curriculum: these are referenced on the science knowledge and overview document and on topic specific knowledge organisers, showing the expectations by the end of each unit of work. 

All children are supported to ensure they have the best science curriculum possible.  We try to ensure children are able to see science in a real life context and gain meaningful experiences within our local community. For example, in year 1 the children get to experience space in the Explorer Dome. During the Spring term the whole school work on their own science experiement during our Science Week. 

As we are aware of the nature of our local area, we feel it is important to raise the children's awareness of the nature around them and across the country. To this end, we have written a Nature Curriculum (in line with the objectives set in the Science National Curriulum), which sets out knowledge and skills for children to learn across the school. Staff have been trained in how to access the ourdoors as a learning environment through a nature grant awarded to us by Learning through Landscapes.