“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
– Carl Sagan
Science at St John Fisher
At St John Fisher Primary School, our Science curriculum aims to inspire curiosity, creativity, and a lifelong interest in exploring the world around us. We want children to understand how science explains natural phenomena, supports technological progress, and impacts everyday life.
From EYFS to Year 6, pupils build on their scientific knowledge and skills each year through carefully sequenced learning. In the Early Years, children begin by exploring the world through play, observation, and simple questioning. As they progress through the school, they deepen their understanding and ability to think scientifically — planning investigations, making predictions, recording results, and drawing evidence-based conclusions. This progressive approach ensures that by Year 6, pupils are confident, independent learners who can apply scientific enquiry skills to a range of real-world contexts.
Through a wide range of units and topics across the three main branches of science — biology, chemistry, and physics — children develop their substantive knowledge of key scientific concepts. They learn about living things and their habitats, materials and their properties, forces, light, sound, and other fundamental ideas that underpin scientific understanding. This knowledge is revisited and built upon in increasing depth each year, helping pupils make meaningful connections across different areas of science.
Through working scientifically, pupils learn to ask meaningful questions, test ideas, and communicate their findings effectively.
We also encourage children to connect their learning to the wider world, recognising how science influences our environment, health, and future. By studying scientists and inventors past and present, pupils gain an appreciation for diverse contributions to science and understand that scientific discovery is a continuous, collaborative human endeavour.
Science: Useful Links
To see the Long Term Plan and Progression Information: CLICK HERE
Science Vocabulary Progression: CLICK HERE
Learning Journey Science Physics
