At St. Bernadette’s, our curriculum has been developed to ensure a full coverage of the National Curriculum and to foster a sense of wonder about God’s natural world. As a school, we recognise the importance of science in every aspect of daily life and believe that the teaching and learning should excite and stimulate children’s natural curiosity to enable them to make sense of the world in which they live. Positive attitudes and a respect for creation and the World in which they live in is very much promoted.

Our curriculum has been developed to ensure a full coverage of the National Curriculum and to foster a sense of wonder about God’s natural world. At St Bernadette’s we recognise the importance of Science in every aspect of daily life and believe that the teaching and learning of Science should excite and stimulate children’s natural curiosity to enable them to make sense of the world in which they live.

To further enhance our Science teaching and learning we have embarked upon the PSQM Award (Primary Science Quality Mark) in Spring 2022 with the aim of:
✓ Enhancing science subject leadership
✓ Enhancing the teaching and learning of Science from Foundation Stage to Year 6
✓ Identifying wider opportunities for the teaching of Science in the wider world

Our Science curriculum is now linked, where possible, to our topic “themes” to provide a creative scheme of work, which reflects a balanced programme of study. It is designed to ensure pupils:
✓ Build upon prior learning
✓ Make rich connections in knowledge which is underpinned by scientific vocabulary
✓ Develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
✓ Develop the essential scientific enquiry skills to deepen their scientific knowledge.
✓ Use a range of methods to communicate their scientific information
✓ Develop an enthusiasm and enjoyment of scientific learning and discovery.
✓Working scientifically, through the five lines of enquiry, is taught alongside subject learning

Our Science Subject Leader is Mr Davies.

PRIMARY National Curriculum Science