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Science
Science at Bruce Grove Primary
Rationale
At Bruce Grove Primary, Science lessons are practically focused with scientific enquiry at the heart of teaching. Questions to investigate are formulated, either by the children or the teacher, and then children carry out these investigations in groups or individually. This ensures all children are participating and learning through exploration, which enriches the learning process and helps make learning stick. The teacher is required to ensure that investigations are kept unbiased by observing each group and prompting them with questions or suggestions. Children are then shown how to record part of their investigations, such as writing a prediction, making a table for results, or formulating a conclusion.
We broadly follow the ‘Switched On’ scheme of work for Science but are not bound by it. All teachers use visuals aids to support children’s understanding of key concepts, which enables them to confidently use scientific vocabulary in the correct context and increases their understanding of the world around them.
Science Curriculum overview
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2
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Year 1 | Who am I?
| Wonderful Weather | Polar Adventures | Treasure Island
| On Safari | On Holiday |
Year 2 | Move It
| Healthy Me
| Material Monster | Young Gardeners
| Mini Worlds
| Master Chef
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Year 3 | What’s that sound?
| Earth Rocks
| Opposites Attract | Food and Our Bodies | Mirror Mirror | We are Astronauts |
Year 4 | Looking at States | Teeth and Eating
| Power it up
| Living Things
| How does your garden grow?
| Brilliant Bubbles
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Year 5 | Power it up
| Living Things
| Let’s Get Moving
| Out of this World
| Material World
| Circle of Life & Growing Up and Growing Old
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Year 6 | We’re Evolving
| Staying Alive
| Classifying Critters
| Let it Shine
| Electrifying
| We are dinosaur hunters
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