At Bishop Lonsdale, we follow the National Curriculum for Science, and within that we aim to provide opportunities for our pupils to deepen their knowledge about significant concepts, methods, processes and uses of science. They will also learn to use and apply scientific skills, to observe and describe how things work, make predictions and explain why things happen. In doing so, they will be able to gain a better understanding of the world around them, appreciate the importance of evidence and the value of expertise, and describe events and phenomena in the world around them using accurate and precise vocabulary.
Early Years Foundation Stage
In EYFS, children will be developing the foundations of Science skills and knowledge both formally and informally, through structured activities and their continuous provision. This will include opportunities to use simple equipment such as timers, rulers and containers to measure length, height, capacity or time. With support, they will begin to work scientifically to observe, record and talk about materials and living things, and to offer explanations for how things work or why things happen, developing their use of vocabulary in doing so. They might represent scientific observations by mark-making, drawing or creating simple charts and tables to record simple data, and will be encouraged to ask their own scientific questions, then seek to find out more.
Key Stages 1 and 2
For Years 1-6, the teaching of Science in each year group is organised using the Cornerstones set of topics. This ensures that the statutory objectives for each year group in the National Curriculum programme of study for Science are covered. See the Science subject documents below for more detail.