Science Rationale
At Horsley Primary School we believe in exploration, questioning and investigating! We are helping to develop tomorrow’s scientific thinkers!
Scientific investigation is one of the most powerful ways to learn; developing curiosity and perseverance as well as challenging what we know about the world.
The National Curriculum for Science is taught in termly blocks in each year group and, where possible, it is linked to our enquiry based curriculum. This allows children to link their learning to real life contexts and give meaning to their learning. We aim to make Science as practical as possible, using recording only when it adds meaning to our investigations.
Science lessons aren’t just limited to the classroom... we make use of the great outdoors, as well as organising visits and visitors to enhance the children's experience.
Scientific investigation is one of the most powerful ways to learn; developing curiosity and perseverance as well as challenging what we know about the world.
The National Curriculum for Science is taught in termly blocks in each year group and, where possible, it is linked to our enquiry based curriculum. This allows children to link their learning to real life contexts and give meaning to their learning. We aim to make Science as practical as possible, using recording only when it adds meaning to our investigations.
Science lessons aren’t just limited to the classroom... we make use of the great outdoors, as well as organising visits and visitors to enhance the children's experience.
Scientific Objectives
Investigating Forces in Owls 2023
Miss Reynard came in to share her expertise in Science and help us to develop our scientific enquiry skills with a lesson on balanced forces. Our rockets mostly made it along their designated path but most importantly we were able to demonstrate our knowledge of resistance and resistance.
Resistance and force meters - We learned how to measure in Newtons and investigated the concept of friction.
Owl Class Science learning was focused on Forces. In this session we investigated surface area, wind resistance and water resistance. We learnt about up-thrust and challenged ourselves to consider the ways in which gravity was acting as a force on our boats. Swimming on a Friday was surprisingly helpful in this experiment; we used the knowledge of floating (spreading ourselves into wide star shapes in the pool) to help understand the importance of surface areas for our vessels.
Investigating Rocks in Otters 2022
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States of Matter in Year 3&4 2021
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Thermal insulators and conductors in Owls 2021
Life cycles of a flowering plant Yr 5/6
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