Science at Newfield

At Newfield Primary School, our aim is to provide a dynamic and engaging science curriculum that fosters a deep-rooted understanding of scientific concepts while igniting curiosity and a love for learning in our pupils. We aim for all pupils to understand the relevance of science in their everyday lives, connecting learning to their personal interests and encouraging them to explore the world around them. This is achieved through interactive and engaging lessons designed to promote inquiry, questioning, and exploration, enabling pupils to hypothesise, experiment and develop curiosity about the world around them.

Our ambition is for pupils to leave primary school with a strong foundation in scientific knowledge across biology, chemistry, and physics, and the ability to set up, carry out, and evaluate scientific investigations. This curriculum, centred around these core scientific concepts, provides a coherent and progressive understanding, ensuring that all learners achieve a high standard of scientific literacy by the end of their primary education.

We believe all pupils should see themselves as scientists, and we promote this by offering a range of enrichment activities and relevant role models to aspire to. By connecting scientific learning to real-world applications, we help pupils appreciate the relevance of science in everyday life and its contributions to society and the environment.

At Newfield, we also place a strong emphasis on developing essential scientific skills, such as observation, investigation, analysis, and critical thinking. These skills are fundamental for effective problem-solving and rational decision-making, and we prioritise providing children with opportunities to develop scientific talk and questioning to enable them to present scientific reasoning, apply a variety of enquiry strands, and analyse results. Through building scientific vocabulary and using it in discussions, pupils deepen their knowledge and understanding, empowering them to identify and correct misconceptions.

Our goal is for pupils to acquire essential scientific skills and employ various enquiry types, fostering their own knowledge of science, participating in investigations, and applying this knowledge across their learning experiences. Through exciting and varied learning experiences, we seek to inspire a lifelong passion for science, encouraging pupils to pursue further study in STEM fields and fostering a true love for scientific discovery.

At Newfield Primary School we know that, within the context of SEND, personalisation of the curriculum is key so that each individual’s priorities can be considered in order to prepare them adequately for adulthood with the best possible quality of life. Our ambitious curriculum can be successfully adapted to meet the needs of pupils with SEND, developing their knowledge, skills and abilities to apply what they know with increasing fluency and independence. We believe that it is vital that our pupils are equipped with the tools needed to become independent, inquisitive learners in all subjects and that pupils with SEND achieve the very best outcome and reach their full potential.