Science

Science at St Christopher’s offers opportunities for children to:
  • develop knowledge and understanding of important scientific ideas, processes and skills and relate these to everyday experiences;
  • learn about ways of thinking and of finding out about and communicating ideas;
  • explore values and attitudes through science
Knowledge and understanding
Children should:
  • be curious about things they observe, and experience and explore the world about them with all their senses;
  • use this experience to develop their understanding of key scientific ideas and make links between different phenomena and experiences;
  • begin to think about models to represent things they cannot directly experience;
  • try to make sense of phenomena, seeking explanations and thinking critically about claims and ideas
Processes and skills
Children should:
  • acquire and refine the practical skills needed to investigate questions safely;
  • develop skills of predicting, asking questions, making inferences, concluding and evaluating based on evidence and understanding and use these skills in investigative work;
  • practise mathematical skills eg counting, ordering numbers, measuring to an appropriate number of decimal places, drawing and interpreting graphs and bar charts in real contexts;
  • learn why numerical and mathematical skills are useful and helpful to understanding
Foundation Stage
Key Stage 1

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