Science Curriculum

At Leatherhead Trinity, we want all children to develop enquiring minds about the world around them and develop the skills to work scientifically. Science is a body of knowledge built up through experimental testing of ideas. We teach the programmes of study from The National Curriculum in ways that directly involve the children, right from our youngest 2-year-olds in nursery, and we work hard to make our lessons imaginative, purposeful, well managed and enjoyable. We believe that to fully understand scientific knowledge, children must develop skills to work scientifically, including practical ‘hands-on’ use of scientific equipment, learning to investigate, observe, measure, predict, experiment, communicate using scientific vocabulary to interpret and evaluate.

During science lessons and beyond, we encourage pupils to explain their thinking, whether verbally or in written form.  To do this, we create a collaborative learning environment, encouraging scientific debate and showing children how to make predictions and justify their reasoning.  The outcomes of these discussions and debates are recorded along with other work in shared floor books. However, the children also have their own individual science books where their learning is recorded.

All our children will be encouraged to take an interest in scientific topics through practical workshops and visits.  We use our extensive grounds to enhance the quality of science lessons and take learning outside whenever possible. We endeavour to inspire children by studying the work of scientists from varied backgrounds and genders and the impact that their work has had on the world as they know it.  We also relate new learning to relevant, real world contexts when possible.

We teach an hour and a half of science a week using the Plymouth Science Scheme and we encourage you to check out the curriculum maps so you can see what exciting science we will be teaching your child each term!