Science
Intent
At Godolphin Primary School, our science curriculum is designed to inspire curiosity about the world, nurturing in every child a lifelong love of exploration, discovery, and critical thinking. We encourage our pupils to ask questions, investigate ideas, and develop an understanding of the natural and physical world through hands-on, enquiry-based learning.
Rooted in kindness, our science teaching promotes respect for living things, the environment, and the contributions of scientists from all backgrounds and cultures. We foster a classroom culture where children feel safe to take risks, challenge assumptions, and support each other in collaborative learning.
We aim to help our pupils feel connected—to each other, to their community, and to the wider world—by making science relevant to their everyday lives and to the global challenges we face. Through real-world contexts and meaningful cross-curricular links, we empower children to see themselves as future scientists, inventors, and informed citizens who can make a positive impact.
Implementation
A scientist leaving Godolphin will leave with an enquiring mind and a strong understanding of the world around them whilst acquiring specific skills and knowledge to help them think scientifically, to gain an understanding of scientific processes and also an understanding of the uses and implications of Science, today and for the future. Throughout the children’s time at our school, we ensure that the Working Scientifically skills are built on and developed so that they can apply their knowledge of science when using equipment, conducting experiments, building arguments and explaining concepts confidently and continue to ask questions and be curious about their surroundings. The children will have a deeper understanding of plants, animals, including humans, uses of everyday materials and their properties, seasonal changes, living things and their habitats, rocks, light, forces and magnets, states of matter, sound, electricity, Earth and space, evolution and inheritance. Scientific language will also be taught and built upon as topics are revisited in different year groups and across Key Stages.
Science Curriculum Overview: