Science
At Harvey Road Primary School we recognise the importance of science in our lives: in the past, in the present and in the future. We encourage curious minds so that children develop their understanding of, and are inquisitive about the wider world.
Children will learn key scientific knowledge (as laid out in the National Curriculum for Science) and develop scientific enquiry skills, taught through and alongside the subject content. These ‘working scientifically’ skills include planning, predicting, measuring, recording and reporting findings, drawing conclusions and problem-solving. Children will have the opportunity to use a wide range of scientific instruments and experimentation.
Opportunities are provided to include mathematical knowledge (such as in collecting, presenting and analysing data) and to use learnt literacy skills through extended writing opportunities. We are fortunate at Harvey Road School to have a wonderful outside learning environment, pond area and within a short walk from the school our local woodland and canal which we use in our science teaching to provide local ‘real life’ context.
On leaving Harvey Road School a successful learner of this subject will:
- Have developed a sense of curiosity about our awe-inspiring world
- Have gained a secure and deep understanding of the scientific knowledge set out in the statutory requirements in the National Curriculum for Science
- Be familiar with and use scientific vocabulary accurately and precisely
- Be able to select the most appropriate ways to answer science questions using different types of scientific enquiry, including observing changes over different periods of time, noticing patterns, grouping and classifying things, carrying out comparative and fair tests and finding things out using a wide range of secondary sources of information
- Be able to take measurements using a range of scientific equipment with increasing accuracy and precision and understand the need to repeat readings
- Seek answers to questions through collecting, analysing and presenting data
- Draw conclusions based on their data and observations, using evidence to justify their ideas
- Use their scientific knowledge and understanding to explain their findings
- Recognise that scientific ideas change and develop over time
- Know about the significance of the work of different scientists from the past and the present, identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments
- Be aware of the possibility of careers in STEM in later life
- Be excited about science in secondary school
