Our Curriculum Statement for Science

At Townville Academy, we aspire to offer the best possible early education for all our children in a happy, safe, inclusive environment to become aspiring scientists.  

Throughout our science curriculum we aim to ensure our children:  

• Understand that science is a part of every-day life and the study of living things. 

• Plenty of opportunities are planned to allow children to explore the natural world.  

• Are equipped with the knowledge, skills and understanding, which encourage children to be keen, inquisitive scientists now and in the future. 

• Become competent scientists with “hands on” investigations and experiments: finding out from first-hand experience and testing hypotheses, in line with “working scientifically” 

• Ask scientific questions and develop their curiosity of the world around them  

• Develop scientific vocabulary and be able to use it to describe ideas, objects and explain concepts confidently. 

• Promote opportunities for collaborative and exploratory talk, in order to develop ideas, arguments and deepen understanding.  

• Understand that key skills they learn in science can be applied in other areas of the curriculum.  

• Expose children to the work of significant scientists to raise their aspirations of maybe becoming scientists themselves.  

This builds upon the children’s prior knowledge gained through the foundation stage for Science where children: 

• Begin to ask and answer questions about the world around them through exploring and performing simple tests 

• Develop an understanding of their basic needs and the importance of healthy food choices 

• Explore the natural world and make observations  

• Draw upon their experiences and what has been read to them , begin to identify similarities and differences in relation to the natural world around them and contrasting habitats 

• Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter 

Our Long-term plan for Science

Our Key Stage 1 Science is taught across a two-year program:

Cycle A

Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Materials	Plants and Growth	Humans
Seasonal Change

Cycle B

Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Materials	Animals and their Habitats	Trees and Identification
Seasonal Change

Further information:

In order to promote a love of Science and to raise the profile of Science in school we study both male and female inspirational Scientists from history and have regular opportunities to work alongside real life modern day Scientists including STEM ambassadors. Here are some photographs of STEM ambassadors working with our children.