Science
At St Oswald’s, we believe that Science is essentially an exploration of the world around us through investigation, incorporating the study of the physical world from observations, physical experiments, research and working scientifically.
Science focuses emphasis on investigation involving prediction, observation, testing and evaluation. We believe that it is good practice for children to be encouraged to actively learn, by developing their own investigations based on studies presented by the teacher, and those formed from their own ideas. As they progress through school, these ideas will be increasingly founded in scientific knowledge and understanding.
We aim:
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to develop the natural curiosity of children about the world around them
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to develop questioning and enquiring minds through a range of enjoyable and interesting experiences
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to help children develop the skills to make systematic enquiries
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to enable children to develop an increasing attention to accuracy
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to foster a positive, inclusive attitude towards Science and increase pupils’ understanding of the role of Science globally.
We follow the National Curriculum objectives through an in-house Scheme of Work, written to support the delivery of the National Curriculum objectives, which can be found below.
KS1 and 2 Programme of Study (National Curriculum)
Science at St Oswald's Academy
Sticky Knowledge
Examples of Sticky Knowledge we expect children to know at the end of each year group:
Foundation 2 Science Knowledge
Science Journey
St Oswald's Science Journey for Pupils
Science Long Term Plan
Children follow the scheme of learning from SNAP Science, which builds in a spiral way to cover the National Curriculum objectives. This begins in EYFS and follows through to Y6.
EYFS - Snap introduction to how to use alongside EYFS learning goals
Progression of Skills
The SNAP scheme has all aspects of working scientifically set out in the modules for each unit, ensuring that there is an effective progression of disciplinary knowledge.
Vocabulary Progression
The vocabulary for each unit is carefully laid out in a document for each Year group within the SNAP scheme.