“Science – like magic but REAL!”

At Christ Church Primary School, we believe that science inspires children, encouraging them to be inquisitive, nurturing their innate curiosity and enabling them to develop their knowledge and understanding of the world across their learning. By the end of their primary education, we aim for our children to be equipped to make informed decisions about new technologies, their health and the scientific opportunities around them. Our science curriculum offers a broad range of experiences designed to provide our children with a progression of scientific understanding, skills and knowledge. Importance is placed on first hand experiences with children provided with access to the wide range of resources available as well as regular use of the local environment and habitats across the school grounds and local areas. Understanding of key ideas in science is reinforced and built on across each year group and a clear progression of knowledge and skills aims to encourage children to move from early observations and exploration, to considered questioning and the drawing out of ideas.  We encourage our children to predict, observe, discuss, question, classify, seek patterns, research, set up fair tests and record and interpret their findings. Overall, we aim to broaden children’s scientific knowledge and their view of the world around them, whilst promoting their curiosity and a love for enquiry with children wanting to explore new things and ideas.