Science
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself. - Galileo
Mission Statement
Rooted in gospel values St Cecilia’s Catholic School Community lives together, learns together, loves together.
Vision Statement
St Cecilia’s Catholic Primary School science education will provide the foundations for understanding the world. Science changes our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity..
At St. Cecilia’s we believe that teaching and learning in Science should stimulate and excite children’s curiosity about the world they live in. Pupils will be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes, and uses of science. Through building key knowledge and concepts, our children will be encouraged to ask questions and develop the skills to find answers talk about science using a rich, varied scientific vocabulary. Children will also develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about the world around them.
Science is taught specific milestones (drawn from the National Curriculum programme of studies) and through our question-based planning. We think that Science is exciting and we provide children with the first-hand experiences in order to develop enquiring minds, learning how to question and talk about science using a rich varied scientific vocabulary.
When teaching science at St Cecilia’s we want our children to look at the world as a scientist, which means:
To ask questions about the world they live in and to make simple predictions about what might happen if…
To be able to use observations to sort and measure things.
To record their findings in drawings, words, tables and charts.
To say why certain things happened and to give reasons for their results.
To have a working knowledge of science so that they can apply it to everyday life.
To make use of ICT, writing, reading and maths skills in their investigations.
To learn to carry out investigations safely.
To develop independence, working scientifically.
Policy
Science Progression Map
Science Overview
We are Scientists
EYFS
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Pupil Voice
What our pupil's think about science at St Cecilia's.
Children enjoy learning about science at St Cecilia's!
Rec "I like the lessons - the rain waters all of the flowers!"
Y2 Daniel, "I like learning about animals and habitats."
Y2 Olivia, "Science is the best!"
Y2 Faizah, "We are learning about habitats, which is a place where animals live. We are looking at the Amazon Rainforest, which is in South America."
Y3 Matthew, "I really like science because I like doing the experiments."
Y3 Tekevwe, "Science can help you learn more and go to university, and then get a job."
Y3 Amara, "I like that I can learn new things and do activities- we can see if things work or not."
Y3 Bobby, "Sometimes it (science lessons) is hard but our teachers help us and that's why I like it."
Y5 Aoife, "I really like doing the enquiries. Science can help us get a job when we are older."
Y5 Elijah, "I like the creativity. I like the experiments, they're really fun and help us to learn a lot so we know what we are doing. It (science experiments) help us to learn new knowledge."
What we’re up to!
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And search for the following hashtags;
#StCeciliasScience
#StCeciliasSTEM