Science

Science at Keyworth Primary School is all about curiosity, discovery and hands-on learning. We help children make sense of the world around them by encouraging them to ask questions, explore ideas and build their understanding through fun and practical experiences.

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What Do Children Learn?

Our Science curriculum is built around three main areas:

1.Biology

Children learn about animals, plants, and how humans grow and change. They investigate habitats, food chains and life cycles.

 2. Chemistry

Pupils explore materials such as wood, metal, water and plastic. They investigate how materials change and what happens when they are heated, cooled, mixed or dissolved.

3. Physics

Children explore topics like shadows, magnets, electricity and gravity. They ask and investigate big questions such as: “Why do we have day and night?” and “How do objects move?”

How Do We Teach Science?

Children learn to think and work like scientists by using the 5 types of scientific enquiry:

1.    Comparative and Fair Testing – comparing things to see what happens under different conditions while keeping tests fair and controlled.

2.    Pattern Seeking – collecting data to spot patterns or relationships, like how the size of a shadow changes throughout the day.

3.    Observing Over Time – watching how things change over time, such as how plants grow or ice melts.

4.    Identifying and Classifying – grouping and sorting objects or living things based on their characteristics.

5.    Researching – using books, videos, or websites to find out scientific information that can’t be tested directly in class.

These enquiry types are introduced from Nursery and built upon throughout each year group.

In Key Stage 1, children ask simple questions, observe closely and begin to record what they see.

By Key Stage 2, pupils are planning and conducting their own investigations, using equipment to measure, presenting their findings in charts and graphs and drawing evidence-based conclusions.