Science EveningSarah Creed and Rhiannon

WellingtonThursday 9th October 2014

7pm

Order of Evening

• Vision Statement for Science• Science Policy• New Primary Curriculum – content and

expectations• How we teach Science at school• Helping with Science at home

Why Science is so important...

• The UK needs to increase by as much as 50% the number of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) graduates it is creating (BBC article 30 Sept 2012).

• Most children have already decided whether Science is something they want to carry on by the age of 10 (King’s College London 2012).

Vision Statement for Science

At Cage Green Primary School, we want all children to have curiosity and understanding of the world we live in. To have the skills to question, to investigate and explain. To be confident young people who impact the world, leaving it better for future generations.

Science Policy

• Developed with Andrew Berry (Kent Advisor for Science)

• New curriculum ready – implemented since January 2014

• Located on school website

New Primary Science Curriculum

New Primary Science Curriculum• Blocking of units• Freedom to continue or explore children’s

questions• Ability to split units• Role of outdoor education – Cage Green Grounds

Committee• Year 2 and Year 6 working to incorporate

previous scheme units to avoid gaps in learning• Investigative approach – applied across Sciences• Develop enthusiasm in preparation for Secondary

How we teach Science in school

• Relate Science to real world and existing understanding

• Practical opportunities to explore and ask questions

• Enjoyment!• Large investment in resources and promoting

Science

How we teach Science in school

• Question children in order to develop higher order thinking skills

• Opportunity to record and explain findings• Differentiation runs throughout the process• Full recording of experiments Upper Key Stage

2 (Year 5 and Year 6 expectation)

How we teach Science in school• TASC wheel

Science at home

• Supervision and guidance from parents• Let children discuss what they know, want to

know and have found out• Science in even most practical of things e.g.

kettle boiling, shower steam, water evaporation from puddles etc.

• Website: http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/

Thank you for coming.