Subject leader - Mrs M.Kilgannon

 

At Kempshott Junior School, our Science curriculum is designed to be ambitious, relevant and inclusive, enabling all pupils to thrive as creative and practical learners. Every child is supported to understand and apply scientific ideas successfully, developing the confidence to observe, investigate and explain the world around them.

Our curriculum is underpinned by the Hampshire Science (HIAS) scheme of work, which we have carefully adapted to reflect the needs of our pupils and the context of our school. This ensures a coherent, well-sequenced approach where pupils build secure knowledge and understanding across key areas such as biology, physics and chemistry. Through this, pupils develop a strong foundation of both substantive knowledge (scientific key facts) and disciplinary understanding (questioning, exploring, investigating and making conclusions).

Science is taught as a distinct subject, enabling pupils to develop subject-specific skills and think as scientists and problem solvers. Over the course of KS2, pupils build substantive scientific knowledge progressively, moving from recalling key facts and concepts to applying them confidently across different contexts, making increasingly sophisticated connections between ideas in biology, chemistry and physics.  Pupils develop their working scientifically skills by generating ideas, predicting outcomes, planning and carrying out tests, and evaluating their results with increasing independence and accuracy.

Literacy and mathematics are meaningfully embedded throughout the curriculum. Pupils apply reading skills to understand key facts, use subject-specific vocabulary to explain their thinking, and apply mathematical knowledge through measuring, calculating and evaluating.

Pupils experience a ‘windows and mirrors’ approach in science, seeing themselves reflected in the examples, phenomena and scientists they study, while also exploring scientific ideas, discoveries and technologies from a wide range of cultures, places and time periods.

We are committed to ensuring that all pupils access the full Science curriculum. Through adaptive teaching, including modelling, scaffolding and practical support, barriers are removed without lowering ambition. Every child is supported to develop and apply scientific knowledge successfully, building the confidence to investigate, test and explain ideas regardless of their starting point.

Through our Science curriculum, pupils develop creativity, technical knowledge and practical skills, alongside the confidence to take risks, solve problems and apply their learning in real-world contexts, preparing them for the next stage of their education and life beyond school.

                                          

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