Science
The All Saints’ Way…
Science Curriculum Intent...
Discovering God | Learning Together | Achieving Our Best
At All Saints’, we believe that science helps children to discover the wonders of God's creation, encouraging awe, curiosity, and respect for the world around them. Guided by our Christian vision and inspired by Psalm 32:8—“I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you”—we are committed to nurturing future scientists through a curriculum that is purposeful, inspiring, and rooted in real-life experience.
Through learning together, we ensure all children are exposed to engaging, practical, and challenging science lessons. We believe that science is best understood through doing: by investigating, experimenting, and asking questions. Our pupils learn to think critically and methodically, develop scientific vocabulary from an early age, and understand the processes behind discovery through hands-on experiences and collaborative enquiry.
Science at All Saints’ is inclusive and relevant. We use our beautiful setting to enrich outdoor learning opportunities, bringing science to life through direct interaction with the natural world. We strive to make science relatable to children’s everyday lives and help them see the many pathways it opens—from hairdressing to healthcare, engineering to environmental work.
In doing so, we build every child’s science capital and foster a lasting love for the subject. Through encouragement, inspiration, and a curriculum that challenges each child to go further, we empower them to achieve their best, both now and in their future lives.
At All Saints’, science is more than just a subject—it is a way of exploring, understanding, and caring for God’s world, equipping every child to think deeply, act wisely, and live well.
Implementation...
At All Saints’, the teaching and implementation of the Science curriculum follows the national curriculum; the subject leader then monitors that this is implemented in a manner that that ensures a sequential progression of skills and knowledge over the years each child will spend with us. Science is taught every term, in every class, in every year. In EYFS it is introduced through “understanding the world.”
Here at All Saints’, we recognise the importance of teaching science in a cross-curricular approach, making as many links to other lessons as possible. The topics are chosen to engage, inspire, support and challenge all pupils. This allows children to gain a greater understanding of their learning, alongside the use of retrieval quizzes and games to support learner’s ability to retain information.
Children also access a range of extra-curricular enrichment activities to enhance their science capital, this may be through science clubs, visitor, school trips and is also woven through the content of their lessons.
Impact…
Through the implementation of our carefully sequenced science curriculum, the children in our school will become more and more confident in using scientific skills and knowledge as they move through the year groups.
We monitor our children’s progress, first of all with the children using self-assessment methods and assessment for learning. Termly assessments of skills and vocabulary are given, for this we use standardised tests. Yearly assessments of skills are soon to be implemented, once staff have been given time and training to prepare for their use.
The science curriculum will ensure that the children are prepared for more demanding lessons when they arrive at secondary school. More importantly it will also ensure they carry a life-long love of the subject with them.
