At Co-op Academy Grove, our children access a science curriculum that is rich in scientific enquiry and stimulates an inquisitive mind.

Our Science teaching offers opportunities for children to: 

• Develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

• Develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of Science through different types of scientific enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them.

• Be equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of Science, today and for the future. 

• Develop the essential scientific enquiry skills to deepen their scientific knowledge. 

• Use a range of methods to communicate their scientific information and present it in a systematic, cross-curricular manner, including ICT, diagrams, graphs and charts and a variety of written text types.

• Develop a respect for the materials and equipment they handle with regard to their own, and other children’s safety. 

• Develop an enthusiasm and enjoyment of scientific learning and discovery.

We use the National Curriculum 2014 to plan the learning of pupils and the expectations for each year group. The Science subject leader alongside SLT ensures, through monitoring, that the expectations are sufficiently high to match the curriculum, include chemistry, biology and physics and cover all elements of scientific enquiry. 

Children are given opportunities to learn about career links related to each unit throughout the Science curriculum. This enables them to explore potential careers that are available to them. 

Science is taught weekly, following the Co-op Academy Trust’s Science curriculum, which is based on the National Curriculum. It is organised in sequentially planned units, to ensure that children have an immersive and comprehensive learning experience. Science is progressive and built upon to support retention and recall.