Science
The ACE curriculum through Science
“The important thing is to never stop questioning” – Albert Einstein.
At Cavendish Close, we instil curiosity and enable children to question Science. We increase pupils’ knowledge and their understanding of our world by developing scientific enquiry skills alongside providing opportunities for critical evaluation of evidence.
Science helps children to aspire by developing their awareness of scientific roles and providing them with opportunities to learn about a range of scientists and their contributions. Each year group studies different scientists and explores their significance within the world of science. Science helps children to collaborate with their peers and develop their curiosity and questioning through scientific enquiry and high quality STEM activities.
Children are encouraged to develop their vocabulary through participating in a variety of investigations. In addition to working as a team, children are also encouraged to respectfully challenge each other’s views and evidence their findings using scientific research. They experience a wide range of practical activities which enables them to challenge, view and question theories and results – often leading to their own scientific questions for future experiments. All children take part in National Science week - allowing them to further question ideas with high aspirations and exciting experiences.
At Cavendish Close Junior Academy, our Science teaching offers opportunities for children to develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Scientific enquiry skills are embedded in each topic – which are revisited and developed throughout their time at school. Children are able to build upon their prior knowledge whilst embedding this procedural knowledge into the long-term memory through a range of retrieval tasks. All children are encouraged to develop and use a range of skills including: observations, planning and investigations, alongside deepening their scientific knowledge through questioning the world around them and becoming independent learners.
Through all of these, our children are able become ACE Scientists.
