Welcome to Science

A high-quality science education provides the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics. Science has changed our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all pupils should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science.

(National Curriculum, 2014)

At Ark Tindal, we want children to be curious. We want them to grow up with a strong understanding of the world around them and question the possibilities that surround us in our daily lives. Through teaching science, we aim to equip children with the essential skills and knowledge to become independent explorers. This is carried out at Ark Tindal by encouraging children to develop their observation, planning and investigation skills. By allowing our children to build on these essential skills, we enable them to think scientifically and gain an understanding of the uses and implications of science for today and for the future. Progressing from Early Years into Key Stage two, children will find themselves revisiting topics in science with further detail. This model not only allows children to build upon prior knowledge, but also foster a love for the topic.

Through science, we provide project-based learning (PBL) opportunities for our children. We present the children with a “Big Question” and encourage them to draw a conclusion through inquiry-based tasks. We devise our “Big Questions” so that they encourage the children to work scientifically so that we can be a foundation to their scientific learning that will follow them throughout their educational journey and enable them to apply their knowledge to real life connections and aspirations. It is through PBL that our children are exposed to important technological, social and core curriculum content in order to pursue our school’s aim for children to know and remember more about their world.

At Ark Tindal, children to work practically in their Science lessons. Practical Science will support our children to engage in hands-on experiences. It will provide an opportunity for them to devise their own questions, test their theories and enable them to consider their prior knowledge to make sense of new information they are researching. This learning opportunity will develop children’s scientific knowledge to support their learning and grow their confidence in the skills required to understand the uses and implications of science, in their present lives and future aspirations.

• Understand the world through the disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics
• Understand the power of rational explanation
• Develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena
• Understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave and analyse causes
• Have the scientific knowledge required to understand the use and implications of science, today and for the future

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