Statement of Intent - Science
Science in St Anne’s Catholic Primary School
Science is a significant part of human culture and represents one of the pinnacles of human thinking capacity. It provides a laboratory of common experience for development of language, logic, and problem-solving skills in the classroom. Through exciting and inventive lessons, we teach research skills, practical uses of knowledge and delving deeper into investigative science. This process enables children of all ages and ability to succeed, enjoy and learn through ‘hands on’ experiences.
Across St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, we are following the National Curriculum objectives for Science.
We cover all areas of the subject to prepare the children for further Science in Secondary school and future life. The topic areas are:
Key Stage 1:
Plants
Animals including Humans
Everyday materials
Seasonal change
Living things and their habitats
Key Stage 2:
Further plants
Animals including humans
Rocks
Light
Forces and magnets
Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans
States of matter
Sound
Electricity
Properties and changes of material
Earth and space
Evolution and inheritance
Light
Years 4 and 6 have been enjoying experimenting with electrical circuits as a part of their Electricity units this term. Year 6 have been investigating what happens to the brightness of a bulb when more componants are added to the circuit and Year 4 have been designing and building a 'buzz wire' game. The children are loving using all the equipment and are intrigued by how light bulbs light, buzzers buzz and motors spin.
Interesting articles/news
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/
https://www.sciencenews.org/
Jet packs used by medics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRBJixCmw1w
https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/top/science/
https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/10-of-the-latest-inventions-to-make-life-easier
Year 5 Science - Materials
This term Year 5 have been investigating materials in Science. They have carried out several investigations and experiments involving conductors, insulators, solutions and irreverible changes.
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Year 4 Science - Electricity
Through investigations and experiments, Year 4 have created working circuits involving buzzers, lightbulbs, switches and motors. In groups, they also created a working 'buzz wire game'.
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Year 6 Science - Electricity
Year 6 have also been investigating in Electricity. They have used their knowledge this term to carry out investigations to improve the lighting and alarms in Burglar Bill's neighbourhood. They have discovered that you need extra power for more components to work effectively in a circuit and in groups they investigated the best circuits for working alarms and lights in houses
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