At Sharley Park Community Primary School, we follow the National Curriculum for Science.

Hello, I am Miss Green and I am the Science Co-Ordinator at Sharley Park. I teach Bee Class in Year 2 and my favourite Science topic to teach is 'Everyday Materials'. I love to make Science lessons exciting, engaging and hands-on and the rest of the staff at Sharley Park do too!

The aim of Science at Sharley Park Primary School is to stimulate children’s interest and understanding of Science in the world around them. We want our children to engage with the essential aspects of Science and to investigate, explore and learn along the way. We aim to get our pupils to dive into practical experiments through enriching lessons and topics. See Journey curriculum long term plan – this sets out our vision of how and when Science units are taught. It has been designed by teachers and checked by SLT and our curriculum leads to ensure the National Curriculum is covered.

Implementation

Science is taught through our Journey Curriculum. Science units and objectives are matched to those set out in the National Curriculum. In EYFS, scientific knowledge and skills are taught under the heading ‘Understanding the World’. Science is usually taught for one afternoon per week (2 hrs). We ensure the teaching of Science is as practical and hands-on as possible so our children can enjoy and remember their learning! The responsibility for monitoring and reviewing rests with the science co-ordinator. We aim to make cross-curricular links where possible to engage the children in their wider learning. These are produced by teachers and checked by the Science coordinator, our curriculum leaders and SLT to ensure progression from EYFS to Y6, building on prior learning.

Impact

The children record their work in the Science books, which are yellow in KS1 and orange in KS2. Teachers use the school’s live marking policy to assess the children’s knowledge and to decide how successfully they have met the given learning objectives. Those that have met the objective will have a tick and an A next to their objective. Those that are working towards the objective will have an arrow and an A next to their objective.

The Science coordinator keeps samples of work from across the school which are displayed on the science display board (currently outside the Y2 classrooms). This work is updated throughout the year, so the whole school can see the current science learning being undertaken.