Science

EYFS

Within the Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception), the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework is followed.

Link to the EYFS Areas of LearningChildren will be learning to:Early Learning Goal:
Communication & Language
  • Learn new vocabulary.
  • Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them.
  • Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences.
  • Describe events in some detail.
  • Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why they might happen.
 Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding.
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
  • Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge.
  • Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing:
  • Regular physical activity
  • Healthy eating
  • Toothbrushing
  • Sensible amounts of ‘screen time’
  • Having a good sleep routine
  • Being a safe pedestrian
 Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs, including dressing, going to the toilet and understanding the importance of healthy food choices.
Understanding the World
  • Explore the natural world around them.
  • Describe what they see, hear and feel while they are outside.
  • Recognise some environments are different to the one in which they live.
  • Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
  • Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.
  • Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.
  • Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.

KS1 and 2

The units in our Connected Curriculum for Science, deliver the aims and contents of the National Curriculum Programme of Study for Science in Key Stage 1 and 2.

Stem Learning

Enrichment activities and competitions

STEM club, a fantastic and exciting way to learn and think about scientific jobs for the future.

British Science Week