Science
Our aim for Science at Springfield is to encourage curiosity in children, inspiring them to be inquisitive about the world around them and enabling them to develop a range of scientific skills that are useful across their learning.
By the end of their primary education, our pupils should be equipped to make informed decisions about the scientific opportunities around them. Our science curriculum within Cornerstones offers a broad range of experiences designed to provide pupils with a progression of scientific understanding, skills and knowledge. We believe that Science should help to develop the way children understand the world through interesting, exciting and motivating experiences. Hands-on practical science is an important part to play when encouraging their natural curiosity and helping to build their confidence. Science is a powerful tool as it also improves both their English and Maths skills as well as helping them develop in many other areas too.
The following investigate skills form an integral part of every child’s education:
- Questioning
- Research and Planning
- Predicting
- Observing and Measuring
- Experimenting
- Analysing
- Explaining and Evaluating
At Springfield, our intention for the Science curriculum is that children are equipped to make informed decisions about the scientific opportunities around them. Through a wide range of scientific topics, children’s curiosity is encouraged, inspiring them to be inquisitive about the world around them and enabling them to develop a range of scientific skills that are useful across all aspects of their learning. This means that Science at Springfield will help to develop the way children understand the world through interesting, exciting and motivating hands on experiences.
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Year 1 |
Properties of everyday materials |
How does it feel? |
Seasonal changes |
What keeps us dry? |
Plants and animals |
How does it move? |
Animals including humans |
Can you leap like a frog? |
Everyday materials |
Why do boats float? |
Humans – parts and senses |
What can you remember? |
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Year 2 |
Everyday materials |
Which stuff is stickier? |
Living things and their habitats |
Can you make a paper bridge? |
Identifying plants in the local area. |
How do plants grow in winter? |
Everyday materials |
How do you make bread? |
Living things and their habitats |
Do insects have a favourite colour? |
Human body and eating healthily |
Why should I exercise? |
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Year 3 |
Forces and magnets |
Why do magnets attract and repel? |
Materials |
Did the Romans use toilet roll? |
Light and dark |
Why do shadows change? |
Food chains Skeletal system |
Are mushrooms deadly? |
Plants |
Do plants have legs? |
Rocks |
How fast does water flow? |
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Year 4 |
Electricity |
Can you make a circuit from playdough? |
States of matter |
How did Vikings dye their clothes? |
States of matter |
Where does water go? |
Teeth hygiene |
What is spit for? |
Sound |
Why did Icarus fall from the sky? |
Living things and their habitats |
Are all sea creatures the same? |
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Year 5 |
Electricity |
Can fruit light a bulb? |
Earth and Space |
How does the moon move? |
Humans and living things |
Do we slow down as we get older? |
Plant reproduction and lifecycles of animals |
How many potatoes can you grow? |
Properties of everyday materials |
Which materials conduct heat? |
Forces and mechanisms |
Why are zip wires so fast? |
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Year 6 |
Discrete |
Can you send a coded message? |
Human circulatory system |
What’s in blood? |
Living things and their habitats |
How do animals stay warm? |
Light |
Is green really green? |
Evolution and inheritance |
How does inheritance work? |
Living things |
How can clean are your hands? |
Impact:
The impact of the science curriculum is monitored and reviewed through reviewing lesson plans, pupil feedback, learning walks and curriculum review.
