Science
St Joseph's has been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark. This is awarded to celebrate a school's commitment to excellence in Science teaching and learning.
We follow the National Curriculum for Science.
Our aims in teaching science include:
- building on children’s natural curiosity and developing a scientific approach to problems
- encouraging open-mindedness, self-criticism, perseverance and responsibility
- preparing children for life in an increasingly scientific and technological world
- fostering concern about, and appreciation of, our environment
- building children’s self-confidence to enable them to work independently and developing their social skills to work co-operatively with others
- helping children to acquire a progressive understanding of scientific ideas
- giving children the experience of scientific processes
- helping children to acquire practical science skills
- providing children with an enjoyable experience of science, so that they will develop a deep and lasting interest and be motivated to study science further
Objectives
Pupils will be given opportunities to:
- develop their understanding through systematic enquiry, using both first hand and secondary sources as appropriate
- use computers and technology to collect, store, retrieve and present scientific information
- relate their work in science to everyday life
- consider simple scientific ideas and the evidence for them and, collect evidence to test scientific ideas in a variety of ways
- communicate scientific ideas and observations using appropriate scientific vocabulary
- present information in a variety of ways including drawings, diagrams, tables and charts and in speech and writing; at key stage 2, pupils should also use standard units of measurement and include graphs to record and present information
- consider health and safety in the context of their science work and take action to control risks
- find out about scientific ideas and theories based upon famous scientists from past or present