Our Values
KindnessCreating happiness
Friendship Showing patience Sharing encouraging words and our time Thoughtfulness |
CuriosityInquisitiveness
Exploration Discovery Asking questions Making connections |
UnderstandingWelcoming all
Celebrating difference Being inclusive Asking for help when we need it Being tolerant |
BraveryTaking risks
Being adventurous Trying new things Challenging one’s self Standing up for what is right |
ResponsibilityDoing the right thing
Being reliable Care for self, others and the environment Using our manners Taking ownership |
Intent
At Norbury Hall, we believe that science is an integral part of the world we live in and without it, life as we know it would be impossible! All of our children are scientists, who use their knowledge and skills to ask questions about our world and make discoveries.
Through our high-quality science lessons, that are delivered as part of our Quest offer, we provide our children with the knowledge and skills they need to recognise the importance of science. All pupils are taught through the different disciplines of science: biology, chemistry and physics and the seven aspects of working scientifically are woven into lessons. Pupils will investigate questions independently by: making predictions, setting up tests, asking questions to further their understanding, taking measurements and observing their findings, interpreting and presenting data and evaluating their investigations.
Our carefully planned, immersive curriculum, means that each year children will build on their prior knowledge and skills whilst developing as scientists. This encourages our children to become increasingly more independent as learners and that progression is ensured. Curiosity and excitement are fostered throughout the curriculum and we encourage our children to make their own scientific enquiries to help them to understand the world they live in.
Implementation
Science is taught through the narrative of Quest, in one block in the autumn term. We teach science to our children in this way to allow for deeper learning to take place as the children are fully immersed as scientists throughout the term. With the support of the subject leader, teachers work collaboratively to plan so that each unit of the national curriculum is interwoven into the term’s Quest focus and includes elements of working scientifically. There is a progression of knowledge and working scientifically skills that ensures that children develop as scientists by building on their prior learning experiences.
As placing science and its purpose in the world we live in is so important to us, teachers present lesson objectives to our leaners to include a scientific career such as, when working on classification children are taught that they are working as entomologists. The seven areas of working scientifically are explicitly planned and taught.
They are used to compliment the other national curriculum objectives enabling our children to be independent investigators who:
Scientific learning within our early years is taught through Quest as part of Understanding the World. This is mostly implemented through the continuous provision where learning opportunities are introduced indirectly to develop our children’s ability to: explore, problem solve, observe, predict, make decisions and talk about and ask questions about the world around them.
Impact
Children at Norbury |Hall are excited by science and are keen to discover more about the world they live in. Naturally, they ask questions and want to investigate and solve problems. Our Quest books, learning walls and pupil voices proudly demonstrate the deep scientific knowledge and understanding our children obtain. Children are proud of their work and how it shows their scientific knowledge and skills. Throughout the school, there is a clear progression of scientific vocabulary and children use it appropriately when working scientifically and learning new knowledge.
Learners at Norbury Hall understand the importance of science and how it has had such an impact on the world they live in today. They know a range of scientific careers and in key stage two the aspect of science these relate to.
Through the use of a narrative and Quest, subject leadership endeavours to engage learners in purposeful and memorable lessons that explain the world we live in. As a result, children are curious independent scientists. Year on year, the subject leader is working alongside the teaching team to develop our understanding of scientific enquiry and the acquisition of knowledge through CPD.
Science at Norbury Hall Primary School
Children at Norbury Hall are curious leaners, who always want to know how things work and the knowledge behind this. From wanting to know and explore how the human body works, where animals live, how to fix an electrical circuit and what light actually is, our children love to investigate questions and science lessons provide the perfect opportunity to do so.
The different aspects of the National Curriculum are taught to our children through Quest, which provides memorable, immersive lessons that are linked together using a narrative. The whole school uses the same Quest title, which has a scientific focus in the autumn term.
In 2023 our Quest was, ‘Our Journey Begin’ and within this our children were sent on different journeys around the world and even into space! Learning was linked to this journey and narratives followed a variety of important people and places including: Ernest Shackleton, Chris Hadfield, our school grounds, the Galapagos Islands and our galaxy.
In 2024 we completed the Quest, ‘How do I?’ where science was taught through different inventions that linked to the units within the national curriculum. We launched this Quest with a whole school day where children were pitched different influential inventions and they voted on the one they believed had the most impact on the world today (penicillin was the winning invention).
The three disciplines of science are taught to our children so they have an awareness of which element of science each unit links to. The seven aspects of working scientifically are both explicitly taught and imbedded in lessons. These include:
At Norbury Hall, we believe that science is an integral part of the world we live in and without it, life as we know it would be impossible! All of our children are scientists, who use their knowledge and skills to ask questions about our world and make discoveries.
Through our high-quality science lessons, that are delivered as part of our Quest offer, we provide our children with the knowledge and skills they need to recognise the importance of science. All pupils are taught through the different disciplines of science: biology, chemistry and physics and the seven aspects of working scientifically are woven into lessons. Pupils will investigate questions independently by: making predictions, setting up tests, asking questions to further their understanding, taking measurements and observing their findings, interpreting and presenting data and evaluating their investigations.
Our carefully planned, immersive curriculum, means that each year children will build on their prior knowledge and skills whilst developing as scientists. This encourages our children to become increasingly more independent as learners and that progression is ensured. Curiosity and excitement are fostered throughout the curriculum and we encourage our children to make their own scientific enquiries to help them to understand the world they live in.
Implementation
Science is taught through the narrative of Quest, in one block in the autumn term. We teach science to our children in this way to allow for deeper learning to take place as the children are fully immersed as scientists throughout the term. With the support of the subject leader, teachers work collaboratively to plan so that each unit of the national curriculum is interwoven into the term’s Quest focus and includes elements of working scientifically. There is a progression of knowledge and working scientifically skills that ensures that children develop as scientists by building on their prior learning experiences.
As placing science and its purpose in the world we live in is so important to us, teachers present lesson objectives to our leaners to include a scientific career such as, when working on classification children are taught that they are working as entomologists. The seven areas of working scientifically are explicitly planned and taught.
They are used to compliment the other national curriculum objectives enabling our children to be independent investigators who:
- Ask questions that can be answered during scientific enquiry.
- Make predictions by using their prior knowledge to suggest what will happen during an enquiry.
- Set up and run tests/ investigations by deciding on the most efficient method and the equipment they require to carry out the enquiry.
- Observe and measure using their senses and a variety of measuring equipment.
- Record data using tables, labelled diagrams, graphs, notes and photographs.
- Interpret and communicate results using the information from their data collected and that collect by other scientists. Children use this data to draw conclusions, explain what they have found out, asking further questions and hypothesise.
- Evaluate by reflecting on the successes of their enquiry and identifying further questions to investigate by using the statements, ‘what went well’ and ‘event better if’.
Scientific learning within our early years is taught through Quest as part of Understanding the World. This is mostly implemented through the continuous provision where learning opportunities are introduced indirectly to develop our children’s ability to: explore, problem solve, observe, predict, make decisions and talk about and ask questions about the world around them.
Impact
Children at Norbury |Hall are excited by science and are keen to discover more about the world they live in. Naturally, they ask questions and want to investigate and solve problems. Our Quest books, learning walls and pupil voices proudly demonstrate the deep scientific knowledge and understanding our children obtain. Children are proud of their work and how it shows their scientific knowledge and skills. Throughout the school, there is a clear progression of scientific vocabulary and children use it appropriately when working scientifically and learning new knowledge.
Learners at Norbury Hall understand the importance of science and how it has had such an impact on the world they live in today. They know a range of scientific careers and in key stage two the aspect of science these relate to.
Through the use of a narrative and Quest, subject leadership endeavours to engage learners in purposeful and memorable lessons that explain the world we live in. As a result, children are curious independent scientists. Year on year, the subject leader is working alongside the teaching team to develop our understanding of scientific enquiry and the acquisition of knowledge through CPD.
Science at Norbury Hall Primary School
Children at Norbury Hall are curious leaners, who always want to know how things work and the knowledge behind this. From wanting to know and explore how the human body works, where animals live, how to fix an electrical circuit and what light actually is, our children love to investigate questions and science lessons provide the perfect opportunity to do so.
The different aspects of the National Curriculum are taught to our children through Quest, which provides memorable, immersive lessons that are linked together using a narrative. The whole school uses the same Quest title, which has a scientific focus in the autumn term.
In 2023 our Quest was, ‘Our Journey Begin’ and within this our children were sent on different journeys around the world and even into space! Learning was linked to this journey and narratives followed a variety of important people and places including: Ernest Shackleton, Chris Hadfield, our school grounds, the Galapagos Islands and our galaxy.
In 2024 we completed the Quest, ‘How do I?’ where science was taught through different inventions that linked to the units within the national curriculum. We launched this Quest with a whole school day where children were pitched different influential inventions and they voted on the one they believed had the most impact on the world today (penicillin was the winning invention).
The three disciplines of science are taught to our children so they have an awareness of which element of science each unit links to. The seven aspects of working scientifically are both explicitly taught and imbedded in lessons. These include:
Asking questions
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Making predictions
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Setting up tests
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Observing and measuring
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Recording Data
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Interpreting and communicating results
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Evaluating
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