What could you do?
Be interested
Find out their termly topics (most schools will provide this information each term, or you can always ask their teacher) and take an interest — find relevant books in the library or bookshop, do some research, brush up your own knowledge about the topic! Then you can have interesting conversations where you are both learning at the same time.
Take a trip
Why not take a trip to a science museum, a zoo or an aquarium? These don’t necessarily need to be completely related to what they are learning about at school. Any visit can help their curiosity and engagement with science generally.
Make it personal
Find out about famous scientists and research unique and exciting inventions up to and including the present day. Who knows, you may have the next Stephen Hawking or Marie Curie at home!
Get hands-on
Look up fun, practical science experiments you can do at home with everyday objects.
Why do we teach Science?
Science provides children with the opportunity to understand the world around them and provides an exciting context to apply many of the other skills and disciplines they learn at school.
The Science National Curriculum identifies three key areas in which the children should be taught: knowledge and understanding; working scientifically and the application of science.
Our school has a carefully planned Science curriculum that ensures children, from reception to year 6, cover these three aims in an accessible, creative and engaging way.
We believe that children learn Science best by doing and seeing and by providing the children with a range of opportunities to actively carry out different types of scientific enquiries.
We ensure that 'working scientifically' and 'application of knowledge' are an embedded into the heart of our Science curriculum. Our school endeavours to ensure that every child is given the opportunity to enjoy and make progress in Science.
In addition, the wider curriculum provides many opportunities to apply and deepen children’s understanding of science. Teachers are expected to plan for these opportunities in their wider teaching.
What do we teach?
The Science curriculum follows the year by year progression of knowledge and skills as set out in the National Curriculum.
gla science curriculum overview 2024 25.pdf
Science at LPPA
