Science

Key Stage 1

Science is taught at KS1 to gain in knowledge, skills and understanding and to stimulate a child’s natural curiosity about how the world works. Through practical investigations, tests, comparisons and responding to and asking questions the children write, draw and communicate their ideas using scientific language, charts and tables.

Topics:
- Ourselves                         
- Electricity           
- Variation (animals and plants)
- Forces and Movements including magnets               
- Grouping and Changing Materials
- Health and Growth    
- Growing Plants  
- Weather

This includes KS1 children joining Year 3 and 4 on a field trip to Robinswood Hill.

Key Stage 2

In Years 3 and 4 a specialist teacher is employed to deliver one-hour lessons twice weekly to the separate year groups. The work followed is based on the Common Entrance Syllabus. In Years 5 and 6 the pupils are taught about safety and are able to develop their practical skills in a wide variety of activities drawn from three broad topics:

1. Physical Processes including, Electricity, Light and Forces, Materials and their Properties
2. Life Processes including studying Ourselves
3. Plants and Habitats.