1. Sarah Creed and Rhiannon Wellington Thursday 9th October 2014 7pm
Science Evening
Sarah Creed and Rhiannon Wellington
Thursday 9th October 2014
7pm

2. Order of Evening
Vision Statement for Science
Science Policy
New Primary Curriculum – content and expectations
How we teach Science at school
Helping with Science at home

3. Why Science is so important...
The UK needs to increase by as much as 50% the number of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) graduates it is creating (BBC article 30 Sept 2012).
Most children have already decided whether Science is something they want to carry on by the age of 10 (King’s College London 2012).

4. Vision Statement for Science
At Cage Green Primary School, we want all children to have curiosity and understanding of the world we live in. To have the skills to question, to investigate and explain. To be confident young people who impact the world, leaving it better for future generations.

5. Science Policy Developed with Andrew Berry (Kent Advisor for Science)
New curriculum ready – implemented since January 2014
Located on school website

6. New Primary Science Curriculum

7. New Primary Science Curriculum
Blocking of units
Freedom to continue or explore children’s questions
Ability to split units
Role of outdoor education – Cage Green Grounds Committee
Year 2 and Year 6 working to incorporate previous scheme units to avoid gaps in learning
Investigative approach – applied across Sciences
Develop enthusiasm in preparation for Secondary

8. How we teach Science in school
Relate Science to real world and existing understanding
Practical opportunities to explore and ask questions
Enjoyment!
Large investment in resources and promoting Science

9. How we teach Science in school
Question children in order to develop higher order thinking skills
Opportunity to record and explain findings
Differentiation runs throughout the process
Full recording of experiments Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and Year 6 expectation)

10. How we teach Science in school
TASC wheel

11. Science at home Supervision and guidance from parents
Let children discuss what they know, want to know and have found out
Science in even most practical of things e.g. kettle boiling, shower steam, water evaporation from puddles etc.
Website:

12. Thank you for coming.