'The important thing is to never stop questioning.' Albert Einstein
Science
- Joy – through lessons which create awe and wonder
- Kindness and Respect – through caring for the world around us and all the living things it contains - developing an understanding of sustainibility
- Perseverance – through providing multiple opportunities to revisit key skills, improving tests and investigations and analysing work
- Wisdom – to show curiosity and develop our skills and passion for applying the knowledge we have learnt, just like the scientists we champion
- Scientific concepts and vocabulary – so children can understand and speak about the world, scientifically
- Scientific methodology – so children learn how to investigate, test and record appropriately
- Inquiring minds – so children are curious to explore, question and understand the world – applying their scientific learning
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Group work and collaboration, with lots of practical work and experiments.
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The Kent scheme of work to deliver high quality lessons with a good balance of practical lessons. These develop the core 5 science investigation skills.
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The use of ‘thinking questions’ and ‘concept cartoons’ to be investigated and answered. These questions deepen the children’s understanding and consolidate the vocabulary learnt.
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Big Ideas posters that show where the children’s learning “fits” in their primary school learning journey
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Opportunities to become science leaders in year 6 and to represent the school in science fairs and competitions with other schools.
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Learning about significant scientists and their influence.
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Our annual STEAM week which makes links to other curriculum subjects and allows the children to apply the science skills they have learnt.
We are delighted to have been awarded the PSQM Outreach award
The Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM) was established to enable primary schools to evaluate, strengthen and celebrate their Science provision.
We are delighted to have achieved the prestigious PSQM Outreach this term which is an award that very few schools in the country hold. In fact only 93 schools in the whole country currently have a valid PSQM Outreach accreditation and of these, only 18 in the London area. It can only be awarded when the expertise and work of a school is shared with other schools, teaching programmes and the wider community.
At St James Primary, we have successfully demonstrated that our excellent teaching practice and leadership in Science is visible, sustained and evolving across the whole school, and that this practice has had a clear impact on the pupils and organisations beyond the school.
One of the award inspectors said about us, ‘it is clear that excellent practice is established at St James, with a range of teaching and learning approaches, strong teaching of Working Scientifically and a wonderful programme of enrichment. Congratulations to you and all at the school on a well-deserved PSQM Outreach – I wish you every success in the future.’
Mrs Brady
Science Lead
