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Eastwick Schools

Eastwick Schools

Science

Aims

The science curriculum at Eastwick meets the requirements of the National Curriculum and the school’s Curriculum Ethos. It prepares children to be ‘Ready for Everything’ in their futures in terms of: 

  • Success in the next stage of their education and beyond: by developing scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics
  • their ability to navigate life’s personal Challenge: by equipping children with an understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of science enquiries that help them to ask and answer scientific questions about the world around them; by developing collaboration in scientific enquiry; by developing resilience through knowing that failure and trying again is integral and necessary to the scientific process
  • understanding their place in communities at global, national and local levels and seize the Opportunity of the future: by equipping them with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future of the human race and planet Earth

Teaching

  • In Reception, specific teaching opportunities are used to introduce elements of science.
  • In Years 1-6, lessons are planned by our teachers, as per the units set out in the National Curriculum, using resources which meet the objectives in the most effective, inspiring way for the children.
  • Children use a range of resources in their learning and make good use of the outdoor areas of the school grounds such as the woodlands. Off-site learning takes place to support some units, at, for example, Winchester Science Centre, Wisley RHS Gardens and Nower Wood (Surrey Wildlife Trust).  

 Key Knowledge Themes (developed progressively from Reception to Year 6): 

Electricity

Earth and space

Materials

Plants

Animals & Humans

Habitats

Light

States of matter

Sound

Forces

Climate

  Units taught (Reception - Year 6):

  

  

Reception

Understanding Self

Understanding the World

Year 1

Animals, including humans 

(Ourselves, Senses, Looking at animals) 

Plants 

 

  Seasonal Changes 

Everyday Materials 

Year 2

Living things and their habitats 

 

Plants

Animals, including humans (basic needs)

Use of Everyday Materials  

Year 3

Animals, including humans (nutrition and skeleton)

Rocks 

Forces and magnets 

Plants 

Light 

Year 4

Living things and habitats 

Animals including humans (digestive system, food chains)

Electricity 

Sound 

States of matter 

Year 5

Forces 

 

Living things and their habitats 

Animals, including humans (changes with age)

Properties and changes in materials 

Earth and space 

Year 6

Animals including Humans (circulatory system)

Electricity 

Living Things & Their Habitats 

Evolution and inheritance 

Light