Unsere Vision
Wissenschaft liefert die Grundlagen für unser Verständnis der Welt.
Wir wollen die naturwissenschaftliche Neugier der Kinder, ihre Experimentierfreude sowie ihre Fähigkeit zum Schluss und Bewerten fördern.
Working scientifically at westbury park
What do the children say?
In every unit of Science that the children learn, Working Scientifically is a strand that runs throughout.
Children are empowered to creatively plan science investigations and carry them out with their peers. They use language such as predict, conclude, evaluate and aim to enquire into the world of science.
Children are taught skills that allow them to take their findings and analyse their results, considering variables that stay the same and change.
Linking their learning with skills that they have been explicitly taught in maths, children have opportunities to draw and label graphs, using appropriate units of measure and scales for their own investigations.
A range of scientific equipment is available for children from EYFS to Year 6, ranging from measuring jugs and thermometers to anemometers and microscopes.
Children use questions to create investigations and have opportunities to compare and contrast their findings with their peers. Oracy is encouraged in science lessons: discussion allows children to learn from one another, talking through what they have identified through scientific investigation.
"Last year, we learnt about plants and how they grow. We planted sunflower seeds and put them in places where we thought they would get the right amount of sunlight. We watered them too and took them home to plant them in bigger pots!"
"Sometimes in Science we do investigations and then present our results in a line graph. In Year 6, we have done that with our shadow investigation and when we tracked our own heart rate. It means we can use something we learnt how to do in maths to show real data that we have collected."
"I like learning about animals and the places that they live."
"We have been learning about the seasons and we have a song that helps us to remember them in order!"
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