Science at Wolsey House Primary is carefully sequenced to ensure all students, including those with special educational needs, disabilities, or English as an additional language, receive a broad and inclusive curriculum. The program fosters curiosity, encouraging children to think scientifically, explore concepts, and understand the impact of science today and in the future. Through hands-on investigations, both in the classroom and outdoors, including the forest area and allotment, students develop essential skills. Each year group builds on prior knowledge, allowing students to strengthen and apply their scientific understanding.

We follow an adaptive White Rose Science scheme for planning, offering structure while allowing flexibility for teachers to design engaging activities that challenge students at all levels. Our big question approach makes science fun, engaging, and high quality. Children are encouraged to ask questions and use scientific skills to find answers. Lessons are planned based on students' prior knowledge and questions, with high-quality resources supporting conceptual understanding. Key vocabulary is introduced and revisited regularly to reinforce learning.

In the Early Years Foundation Stage, pupils will work to develop their knowledge and understanding of the world through the Development Matters document. Through topic planning, the teachers aim to develop in pupils the crucial knowledge, skills and understanding that help them make sense of the world. It provides opportunities for pupils to carry out activities based on first-hand experiences that encourage exploration, observation, problem-solving, prediction, critical thinking, decision-making and discussion. It provides the foundations for the science KS1 and then the KS2 curriculum.

Children's substantive knowledge and disciplinary skills build progressively from year to year, with increasing proficiency in using scientific equipment, collecting data, and drawing evidence-based conclusions. Teachers introduce new vocabulary and concepts through direct teaching and hands-on experiences, including outdoor learning and expert workshops.

We want pupils with identified special educational needs to have full access to all subjects of the National Curriculum, with teachers planning lessons that have no barriers to pupils achieving and with appropriate targets relating to the subject. For those that need targeted support, we use a pre-formal and semi-formal curriculum and ensure we follow the Assess, Plan, Do, Review method and that all pupils are accessing the curriculum at a level that is right for them.

A range of extracurricular activities, trips, and visitors complement the curriculum, making science learning purposeful and engaging. Regular events like Science Week promote a positive attitude toward science, and we aim to involve families and the community in the learning process.