Welcome to Science

Science is the gateway to understanding the world we live in. It gives students the opportunity to ask how and why about everything for example:  How does the moon stay in orbit?  Why is the sky blue?  How do cars work?  Why do elephants have trunks?

Implementation Key Principles:

• Literacy - Summaries that include 3 key words
• paired talk and completion of extended writing
• Content is rich, relevant and reflective of the diverse world in which we live.
• Learning is sequenced to enable young people to develop knowledge and skills.
• Literacy is explicitly delivered across the curriculum. 
• Learning is adapted to support the specific needs of individuals.
• A sustainable approach is supported through the curriculum.
•  Resilience is promoted for students by frequent (low stakes) assessment to inform teaching

In classrooms, this may look like:

• Use of spiral -Science mastery curriculum, a spiral that builds on practical skills and knowledge application.
• Carefully planned shared schema, developed by experts and tailored by teachers to meet the needs of teaching groups
• DO NOW tasks drawing on prior learning
• Signature strategies used for Checking Understanding, such as Show Call, Show Me, Intentional Monitoring
• Shared literacy and reading strategies in place, such as Inside Outside Beyond and whole class reading work
• Precise pedagogical decisions made for students with additional needs (EHCP, SEND K, PSP, Behavioural, PA) including additional adults, alternative resources or outcomes, seating arrangements, precise deployment of signature strategies
• Teaching which alters according to student understanding demonstrated both from assessment points and within lessons

In work produced, this may look like:

• Purposeful self-marking in green pen
• Summaries to demonstrate their understanding
• Do Now and Apply task
• Regular feedback, which addresses knowledge or skills gaps
• Opportunities for conscious practise by students (reteach episodes, ‘fix-it’ sessions, revision)
• Opportunities for self and peer assessment, engaging with success criteria
• As relevant to Key Stage, opportunities to engage with exam-style content 
• Home learning will promote digital literacy in line with school strategy

For students, this experience may include:

• Opprtunities to undertake practical work applying their scientific understanding
• Consistent staffing in lessons with teachers who know them and similar learning journeys across year groups
• Regular opportunities to engage with feedback on progress (parents’ evenings, progress grades, reports, assessment feedback, in-class feedback, marking)
• A clear sense of the curriculum journey leading to CEIAG – how can you pursue this field of study? What might it lead you to?
• Where students are taught by professionals at the start of their career, they can expect additional adults in classes supporting through a range of strategies (live coaching, learning walks, observations, team teaching)

In evaluating the impact of our curriculum, we will consider:

• Outcomes data, such as A level and BTEC Results, GCSE results, Additional qualifications (sports leaders, community languages, Entry level qualifications) and the performance of vulnerable groups within that data
• Destinations data at common points of transition from the school (Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5)
• Internal and external Quality Assurance processes (Ark review processes, governor accountability processes, internal audit processes, Ofsted)
• The development of professionals into experts in their field through their work in supporting colleagues, supporting other schools, developing curriculum resource, becoming examiners etc.

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