Science
SCIENCE
The programmes of study that we follow are:
Foundation Stage: Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework. (Understanding the World)
Key Stage 1: National Curriculum 2014
Subject Leader – Mrs L Bubb (maternity leave)
Shadow Leader - Miss Collins supported by maternity cover Miss Steele
At Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School Science lessons stimulate and excite our children’s curiosity about phenomena and events in the world around them. Through practical activities, they develop skills of investigation-including observing, measuring, predicting, questioning, interpreting and explaining. They are encouraged to question things they observe, and experience and explore the world around them with all their senses. Many areas of our Science Curriculum link closely with our Eco work and our children develop a respect for the environment and living things and for their own health and safety.
“The Important thing is to not stop questioning.”
~Albert Einstein
Science at Blossomfield …
- Helps our children acquire a growing understanding of the nature, processes and methods of scientific ideas.
- Help develop and extend our children’s scientific concept of their world.
- Build on our children’s natural curiosity and developing a scientific approach to problems.
- Encouraging open-mindedness, self-assessment, perseverance and developing the skills of investigation – including: observing, measuring, predicting, hypothesising, experimenting, communicating, interpreting, explaining and evaluating.
- Develop the use of scientific language, recording and techniques.
- Make links between science and other subjects.
- Enables the children to develop high aspirations, which will see them through to further study, work and a successful adult life.
Children’s skills are developed to:
- Ask and answer their own questions about different scientific issues
- Choose suitable equipment they need to carry out a test
- Decide the best way of recording their results
- Analyse the data, giving reasons for their results
OVERVIEW IN SCIENCE FROM NURSERY TO YEAR 2
| NURSERY | RECEPTION
| YEAR 1 | YEAR 2 |
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autumn 1 | Who Am I?
| Me and My world
| Caves or Waves (plant topic)
Weather | Habitats
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autumn 2 | How do we celebrate?
| You are my Hero
| What’s in a Gift
| Living Things
Habitat topic covered each term looking at our school grounds and the seasonal changes. |
spring 1 | That’s Incredible!
| Once Upon a Time
| Super Structures
Weather | Famous Faces
ECO
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spring 2 | Around the World in 30 Days
ECO
| How does your garden grow?
| To infinity and beyond
Each term:
| Rainforest
Habitat topic covered each term looking at our school grounds and the seasonal changes. |
summer 1 | All aboard!
Slow/ fast/ quickest!
| All things wild!
| Curious Creatures
Weather
| Blooming at Blossomfield!
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summer 2 | Splish Splash Splosh!
| Commotion in the Ocean
ECO
| What’s around Us?
| Healthy
Habitat topic covered each term looking at our school grounds and the seasonal changes. |