Science
Long-term planning can be found on the Curriculum front page. Please use the menu to navigate to this page. Alternatively - click here
Our vision is to develop children’s curiosity and to ensure that ALL children have the knowledge and skills to investigate, reflect and talk like a scientist.
Reading
Promoting an enthusiasm for reading is central to everything that we do at SGPS. As such, each science topic is mapped out to have two key texts – one fiction and one non-fiction. These books will be promoted in reading corners and utilised in science lessons (and in the wider curriculum) to encourage deeper learning. A link to our book spine can be found below.
Example book spine - Year 5
Key documents
 One of our key documents to support effective teaching and learning is our Progression of enquiry skills. This document can be found here. |
 One of our key documents to support effective teaching and learning is our Language progression document. This document can be found here. |
Each new unit of learning is organised around a knowledge organiser. This provides information on the learning journey, enquiry types being used, new vocabulary, vocabulary to recap and visuals to support learning. Teachers will mark against this show whether children have met their learning goals. Below you can see an example knowledge organiser.
The GOLDEN cogs of our Science curriculum
Each science lesson at SGPS, will be structured using the five golden cogs.
Throughout a lesson, teachers will explicitly refer to a range of scientific enquiry skills which children will be using to investigate the given question.
