Science
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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