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Science Department Philosophy

We aim to provide a broad and balanced science curriculum that engages and inspires our pupils, develops their key scientific skills and knowledge that will equip them for the future.

Science is the most powerful method humans have for understanding the world around them. A good science education opens the doors to many rewarding and interesting careers. We hope to make pupils independent, inquisitive learners who wish to study science post 16.

For Pupils:

For Teachers:

Whole School:
  • Qualified and experienced teachers in science
    Teaching that will increase your science literacy and provide you with the skills to understand new science developments that are regularly reported in TV, books and on social media
  • Engaging practical work that will develop transferable investigation skills that you can adapt to science in the world around you and help you gain good science qualifications
  • We will teach you how to be safe, independent and resilient learners who can reevaluate and improve your work
  • Opportunities to enjoy science in trips and science club
  • Access to help for homework and revision
  • A curriculum mapped out that allows pupils to learn science and develop scientific skills.
  • Support and guidance from the HOD and all staff within the department.
  • A positive climate that encourages collaborative planning and sharing of good practice that develops staff and enables them to provide a good science education.
  • CPD and training opportunities.
  • We will provide a high quality, challenging science education that strives for excellence
  • By encouraging the pupils to work scientifically we will develop their science capital which will in turn increase the school culture capital
  • Through the key skills of science we will develop learners that are independent and curious
  • Develop the pupils knowledge of how they learn and provide opportunities for them to talk about their learning in the classrooms
  • Use and develop their mathematical and literacy skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Skills

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Planning skills: Identifying variables, choosing the appropriate equipment and making experiments valid

Planning skills: building on year 7 and evaluating plans

Learning the required practicals and applying this with planning skills to unfamiliar investigations

Learning the required practicals and applying this with planning skills to unfamiliar investigations

Learning the required practicals and applying this with planning skills to unfamiliar investigations

Learning how to be safe: hazards and risks

Learning how to be safe: hazards and risks

Learning how to be safe: hazards and risks

Learning how to be safe: hazards and risks

Learning how to be safe: hazards and risks

Analysis: Identifying and describing patterns, identifying anomalous results, evaluating experiments to see if they are valid

Analysis: Building on year 7 key skills

Learning the required practicals and applying this with analysis and evaluation skills to unfamiliar investigations

Learning the required practicals and applying this with analysis and evaluation skills to unfamiliar investigations

Learning the required practicals and applying this with analysis and evaluation skills in unfamiliar investigations

Biology: Introducing the key concepts of cell biology and cellular processes and inheritance and evolution

Biology: Introducing the key concepts of organ systems, communicable disease interdependence and building on inheritance and evolution

Biology, building on the key concepts of cell biology organ systems and cellular biology

Biology: Building on key concepts of cellular processes, interdependence and introducing homeostasis

Biology building on the key concepts of inheritance, variation and evolution. Embedding all key concepts.

Chemistry: Introducing the key concepts of elements & the periodic table, particle model

Chemistry: Introducing the key concepts of chemical reactions, Earth’s resources and climate

Chemistry: Building on the key concepts of atomic structure and bonding and the periodic table, chemical reactions

Chemistry: Building on the key concepts of chemical reactions and their rate and quantitative chemistry

Chemistry, introducing organic chemistry, and building on the key concepts of the earth’s resources and climate. Embedding all key concepts

Physics introducing the key concepts of heat transfer, conservation of energy and magnetism

Physics introducing the key concepts of electricity, waves, forces and motion

Physics: Building on the key concepts of conservation energy and heat transfer

Physics building on the key concepts of electricity atomic structure in relation to radioactivity

Physics building on the key concepts of motion, waves and magnetism. Embedding all key concepts.