Purpose of the Curriculum

(What will a high quality Science education do for our children?)

• Promote fascination about natural phenomena
• Equip pupils with the foundations for understanding the world
• Encourage children to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring
• Inspire pupils to ask perceptive questions and to think critically
• Develop a range of skills to ‘think and work like scientists’ 

Aim of the Curriculum

By the end of their time at Smith’s Wood Primary Academy, all pupils should be able to:

Knowledge

To develop scientific understanding

• To understand scientific concepts
• To understand and develop methods of working scenically

Skills

To use and apply the skills of a scientist  

• To use scientific terms accurately
• To make predictions and hypothesise 
• To draw conclusions
• To evaluate
• To analyse trends
• To identify and classify
• To make observations
• To gather and record evidence 

Science Curriculum Overview

Science Skills and Knowledge Progression Document