THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
In the Science department, we aim to cultivate curiosity, critical thinking, and a deep understanding of scientific principles, while equipping students with the knowledge and skills to explore, question, and engage with the world around them through the lens of science.
Our objectives:
Curriculum Delivery: Designing and delivering a structured and engaging science curriculum that meets national standards and caters to diverse learning needs.
Promoting Scientific Thinking: Encouraging inquiry, investigation, critical thinking, and evidence-based reasoning.
Practical Learning: Facilitating hands-on experiments and activities that reinforce theoretical knowledge and develop laboratory skills.
Student Engagement and Achievement: Inspiring curiosity in the natural world and helping students achieve their full academic potential in science.
Safety and Ethics: Ensuring safe laboratory practices and promoting ethical considerations in scientific exploration.
Interdisciplinary Connections: Linking science to other subjects and real-world issues such as health, technology, the environment, and sustainability.
Prepare students for further education and careers in science-related fields.
Cultivate an appreciation for the role of science in society and everyday life.
KEY STAGE 3 CURRICULUM
KS3 Science provides a strong foundation for a comprehensive understanding of general science for our younger students. Mr. Williams aims to deliver engaging lessons that equip students with essential scientific knowledge, fostering a deeper understanding of the world around them. Both practical and theoretical sessions are designed to be relevant and stimulating, ultimately nurturing a passion for the subject.
The KS3 Science curriculum, in line with the National Curriculum, is designed to ensure that all students:
Develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding across the disciplines of biology, chemistry, and physics.
Gain an understanding of the nature, processes, and methods of science through various types of scientific inquiry, enabling them to answer scientific questions about the world.
Acquire the scientific knowledge necessary to understand the applications and implications of science, both in the present and for the future.
KEY STAGE 4 CURRICULUM
At KS4, Mr. Filipe's goal is to deliver inspiring lessons that takes hands-on practical approach to science in order to trigger curiosity in students in science-related careers after GCSE. Lessons are taught in ways that ensure students have the knowledge to enable them to develop curiosity about the natural world, insight into working scientifically, and appreciation of the relevance of science to their everyday lives.
The content in our KS4 course follows the AQA specification and covers both substantive and disciplinary knowledge in line with the National Curriculum’s. In KS4, we aim to continue the process of building upon and deepening knowledge and the understanding of ideas developed in earlier key stages.
Science is changing our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, therefore, we teach all students the essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes, and uses of science. These key ideas include: - developing scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of chemistry, Biology and physics; - developing an understanding of the nature, processes, and methods of science through different types of scientific inquiry that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them; - developing and learn to apply observational, practical, modelling, inquiry, problem-solving skills, and mathematical skills, both in the laboratory and in the field and in other environments.