More about the Science Department

Science raises many social and moral questions. Through the teaching of science, children have the opportunity to discuss, for example, the effects of smoking and the moral questions involved in this issue. We give them the chance to reflect on the way people care for the planet and how science can contribute to the way we manage the earth's resources.

We aim for our teaching of science to enable children to:

• Ask and answer scientific questions
• Plan and carry out scientific investigations, using equipment, including computers, correctly
• Know and understand the life processes of living things
• Know and understand the physical processes of materials, electricity, light, sound and natural forces
• Know about the nature of the solar system, including the earth
• Evaluate evidence and present their conclusions clearly and accurately

The department uses the ISEB syllabus for science as well as the national scheme of work for science as the basis of its curriculum planning.