Science

Becoming a Scientist at Dove Bank Primary School

Our aim is that children who leave our school in Year 6 will be able to:

• explore and talk about scientific ideas asking their own questions and suggesting their own lines of enquiry
• recognise how scientific ideas can be used to help understand and predict how the world operates, including how ideas have changed and developed over time
• use different types of scientific enquiry to find things out and draw conclusions based on their observations and research
• confidently use every day scientific vocabulary to discuss and share their ideas in a clear way

How our children learn to be an Scientist

We have a focus on ‘‘Working Scientifically’. The skills focused on are questioning, planning, observing, recording, concluding and evaluating.

Once our children have a sense of Working Scientifically they can apply these skills throughout the Science Units in the year. All pupils are taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of Science. The children gain an understanding of how Science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave, and analyse causes to then go on to form their own ideas.

Our children are provided with good quality resources and experiences, including (whenever possible) building a knowledge of how Science is used in the real world through trips, visitors and experiments. The children learn how to present their learning in both written and oral formats, gaining in confidence and skills, to become curious Scientists.

Progression Of Skills [PDF]