Science at Marlfields
Mrs Morgan is our Science Champion.
In Science lessons, we harness children’s natural curiosity about the world around them by encouraging them to be inquisitive and excited for future possibilities in science. We aim to equip children with the scientific knowledge and practical skills in science to enable them to adapt and flourish in an increasingly scientific world both today and in the future.
To read more about our curriculum intent, please click on the link below:
If you would like to see how History develops across the school, take a look at our Marlfields Progressive Science Curriculum below.
We teach Science in a consistent and carefully sequenced way across the school. Each lesson begins by identifying that it is a Science lesson, where we learn about investigating, observing, questioning and gathering evidence. We will recap prior learning to help children connect new knowledge to what they already know. This ensures learning is progressive and builds towards each lesson’s objective. Our lesson flow is followed in every class to provide clarity, structure and continuity.
Marlfields Science Lesson Flow
Key Scientific vocabulary has been mapped out for every year group and each topic. This language is taught explicitly to support our budding Scientists in understanding new concepts with confidence. Important vocabulary from previous years is revisited whenever it is needed to access new learning, ensuring children develop a strong and secure science-specific vocabulary as they move through school.
Marlfields Science Vocabulary Progression
That is how our curriculum works, each unit has a key question threading throughout and a key investigation the children must complete. Our children are encouraged to think like scientists. Why? Because they are scientists. In lessons we might ask questions, predict, observe, identify, research, test, evaluate and make conclusions. We do all this to develop our scientific knowledge and skills. Our curriculum is progressive, it builds upon existing knowledge and moves through the three scientific strands of biology, chemistry and physics, with the concept of scientific enquiry threading through all units. We want our children to ask questions about the world around them, the one they live in. Science is taught every week and each lesson is between one and two hours.
In our Science Curriculum, each unit has a key question threading throughout and a key investigation the children must complete. Our children are encouraged to think like scientists. Why? Because they are scientists!
In lessons we might ask questions, predict, observe, identify, research, test, evaluate and make conclusions. We do all this to develop our scientific knowledge and skills. Our curriculum is progressive, it builds upon existing knowledge and moves through the three scientific strands of biology, chemistry and physics, with the concept of scientific enquiry threading through all units. We want our children to ask questions about the world around them; the one they live in. Science is taught every week and each lesson is between one and two hours.
Our Science Year group progression documents can be found below.