Why do we learn science?
To discover and to inspire curiosity. Our core purpose is to provide students with:
- The tools to discover the truths of the world that we live in
- The opportunity to discover new ideas by investigating and drawing evidence-based conclusions
- The skills to access analytical and technological careers
- Employable skills such as problem solving, modelling, and reasoning
Head of Department
Ms P Agarwal
Year 7
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Pupils learn the fundamental skills and knowledge to be successful in each of the three science disciplines: Cells are Alive Organisms and interdependent Structure determines properties Energy is conserved Forces predict motion Electricity transfers energy |
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| End of unit assessment for each topic
Network Diagnostic Assessment- Autumn and Summer |
Year 8
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Pupils learn the fundamental skills and knowledge to be successful in each of the three science disciplines: Bodies are systems Characteristics are inherited Reactions rearrange matter Earth systems interact |
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| End of unit assessment for each topic |
Year 9
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In year 9 students will build on prior knowledge and skills whilst starting to apply previously learnt knowledge to more complex and diverse phenomena of the natural world to build the substantive knowledge. Links are made between year 7 and 8 topics including the study of: Ecosystems cycle resources Fields produce forces Radiation transfers energy |
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| End of unit assessment for each topic
Network Diagnostic Assessment- Autumn and Summer |
Year 10
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Building in depth of previous KS3 knowledge and looking at the subject specific discoveries and evolving of modern science as a result: Organ systems Disease and Health Plants and Material Cycling Evolution Structure and Bonding Chemical Analysis Carbon Chemistry Extraction of metals Movement Energy conservation Electric circuits and energy Radioactivity |
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| Network Diagnostic Assessment Autumn
AQA past paper 1 for each science |
Year 11
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Further building of knowledge with a greater focus on how science works and its practical application in real-life; past present and future. Feedback and control Controlling reproduction Controlling nature Quantitative Chemistry Controlling reactions Our earths early atmosphere Force fields Electromagnetic radiation |
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| AQA paper 1 for each science (Chapters 1-9- Biology) (Chapters 1-7-Physics) (Chapters 1-7 Chemistry) AQA paper 2 for each science (Chapters 10-18- Biology) (Chapters 8,9,10,12,13,15-Physics) (Chapters 8,9,12,13,14 Chemistry) |