Science

St. Luke's Primary School Science Progression Map

Science Progression Overview.pdf

Intent:

At St. Luke's, we aim to develop children’s sense of excitement, curiosity, knowledge and conceptual understanding about the world through biology, chemistry and physics. We also aim to teach children the methods, processes and uses of Science today and for the future.

• Through biology, we aim for children to develop their knowledge of plants, animals, including humans, living things & habitats and evolution & inheritance.

• Through chemistry, we aim for children to develop their knowledge of rocks, everyday materials, properties & changes of materials and states of matter.

• Through physics, we aim for children to develop their knowledge of light, sounds, forces & magnets, seasonal changes, earth & space and electricity.

• Through working scientifically, we aim for children to use a variety of approaches to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave, collect data and analyse causes. Scientific enquiry focuses on asking and answering scientific questions about the world.

As a school that promotes global citizenship in Science, we aim to encourage children to:

• Engage with the social, cultural and economic contexts in which scientific enquiry takes place.

• Consider the contribution of science to debates around sustainable development and climate change.

• Explore the contributions of different cultures to science.

How do we teach Science at St. Luke's? 

Science learning is based on an enquiry approach with different types of enquiries being carried out as often as possible to enable children to learn to work scientifically and apply their knowledge.  

At St. Luke’s, scientific enquiry focuses of 5 enquiry types:

• Pattern seeking,

• Observing over time,

• Identifying and classifying,

• Comparative and fair testing,

• Researching using secondary sources.

We encourage pupils to seek answers to questions through collecting, analysing and presenting data.  In Key stage 2 we use post-it planners to develop our Scientific enquiry skills (see example post-it planner below).

Following every unit of work, an assessment task is carried out and recorded in a Science Journal, which remains with each child as they progress through school.

For the specific units taught in each year group, please refer to our curriculum maps.

St. Luke's Scientific Enquiry Post-it Planner

Science in Action at St. Luke's

EYFS - Welly Walks

EYFS - Using recyclable materials

EYFS - Planting Seeds

EYFS - Planting Wild Flower Seeds

Y1 - Making Weather Stations to Observe Seasonal Changes

Y1 - Making Weather Stations to Observe Seasonal Changes

Y1 -5 Sense Enquiry

Y1 - Seasonal Changes - Observation Over Time - Wind Socks

Y1 - Seasonal Changes

Y2 - Suitability of Materials - Comparative Test

Y2 - Observing Chicks Over Time

Y2 - Materials - Comparative Test - Which material is most suitable to clean a spill?

Y2 - Observing Chicks

Y2 - Plants - What happens to a seed after it has been planted?

Y2 - Animations to Show How Plants Grow

Y3 - Investigating the Permeability of Rocks

Y3 - Investigating the Permeability of Rocks

Y3 - Identifying which Materials are Magnetic

Y3 - Rocks

Y3 - Rocks

Y3 - Animals, including Humans

Y3 - Plants

Y4 - Electricity - Making Circuit Games

Y4 - Electricity Comparative Test

Y4 - States of Matter - Gases Investigation

Y4 - Food Chains

Y4 - Electricity

Y4 - Food Chains

Y5 - Life Cycles - Observation Over Time

Y5 - Brain Power at the Winchester Science Centre

Y5 - Winchester Science Centre

Y5 - Winchester Science Centre

Y5 - Investigating Conductivity

Y5 - Marwell Zoo

Y6 - Solar Farm

Y6 - Cooking on Solar Ovens