Science Key Stage 1
In Science children develop scientific skills through first hand participation. Scientific opportunities arise through classroom experiences and by exploration of the local environment.
The school's programme of study follows Science in the National Curriculum that outlines four Attainment Targets.
1. Science Investigations to develop the skills of observation, prediction and interpretation. The children learn to draw on their knowledge and understanding to explain what they have discovered.
2. Life and Living Processes to extend pupils' knowledge of animals and plants in the local environment.
3. Materials and Their Properties to extend pupils' knowledge of the properties of materials and of objects made from them and of the way changes affect materials.
4. Physical Processes includes simple work on electricity, forces and motion and light and sound.
We encourage the development of an investigative approach to the problems discovered by an enquiring mind. To help this enquiry the school has a small environmental area to encourage children in first hand observation of nature and wild life throughout the year.
Health Education is also included in science teaching and although there is no formal sex education, we answer questions as and when they occur.
The school's programme of study follows Science in the National Curriculum that outlines four Attainment Targets.
1. Science Investigations to develop the skills of observation, prediction and interpretation. The children learn to draw on their knowledge and understanding to explain what they have discovered.
2. Life and Living Processes to extend pupils' knowledge of animals and plants in the local environment.
3. Materials and Their Properties to extend pupils' knowledge of the properties of materials and of objects made from them and of the way changes affect materials.
4. Physical Processes includes simple work on electricity, forces and motion and light and sound.
We encourage the development of an investigative approach to the problems discovered by an enquiring mind. To help this enquiry the school has a small environmental area to encourage children in first hand observation of nature and wild life throughout the year.
Health Education is also included in science teaching and although there is no formal sex education, we answer questions as and when they occur.