Science

SCIENCE AIMS:

At Prince of Wales, we aim to strive a love for science and showing curiosity to the world around us with practical and real-life learning. We want to immerse the children in their learning by observing and exploring changes around them and encouraging the children to make comparisons and discuss what they have found out and learnt. They will be exposed to a range of methods to record data and key vocabulary to help with their discussions. Science is a core subject of the National Curriculum and all pupils are taught the subject as part of their weekly timetables. EYFS are exposed to science every day in their outdoor learning, engaging in conversations using their senses and purposeful activities and linking to ‘understanding the world’.

TEACHING:

We teach science at Prince of Wales following the HEP Science scheme between years 1-6. Our science lessons are taught in line with the National Curriculum aims, which aim to build on prior learning and help to bridge for future learning across all year groups. We introduce children to a range of fiction/non-fiction stories which support with introducing the new topics. New vocabulary is exposed to the children and is embedded into learning by repetition and practice with a range of talk tactics. When teaching science, we introduce to children to a range of practical, comparative, simple tests and recording data lessons. We hope to encourage children to a range of skills across subjects to support in their scientific enquiries.
Science work and evidence is recorded within class journals in EYFS, and evidenced with pupil voice to showcase the children’s understanding and learning. Class journals are also used in year 1 to evidence a range of pictures, child voice, group and independent work. Years 2-6 use individual books to highlight a range of work.
Half termly knowledge planners are used at the start of each topics to highlight prior and future learning for the new topic and key vocabulary that the children will focus on.

SCIENCE YEARLY OVERVIEW 2025-2026