Intent:
At Camp Hill Primary School, the science curriculum provides rich and creative opportunities for children to learn and develop in a safe environment. The science curriculum in our school supports our key drivers of compassion, community and communication. We believe that a high-quality science education provides the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics.
Science has changed our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all pupils should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. Science is a body of knowledge built up through experimental testing of ideas. Science is also methodology, a practical way of finding reliable answers to questions we may ask about the world around us. Article 13 and 14, freedom of expression and freedom of thought, belief and religion.
Science in our school is about developing children’s ideas and ways of working that enable them to make sense of the world in which they live through investigation, as well as using and applying process skills.
Children at our school are immersed in scientific vocabulary, which aids children’s knowledge and understanding not only of the topic they are studying, but of the world around them.
At Camp Hill Primary School, we believe that a broad and balanced science education is the entitlement of all children, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, class, aptitude or disability. Education must develop and challenge every child’s talents, personalities and abilities to the full.
Year 6 Electricity Fun. Year 6 experimented with a variety of electrical components to change the brightness of bulbs or speed of motors in a circuit.
Year 4 enjoying learning about the digestive system.
