Growing In Faith and Learning
Welcome to St Leonard's CofE Primary School
Welcome to St. Leonard’s C of E Primary School, Wigginton. As a flourishing church community, we are committed to "growing in faith and learning," empowering every child to achieve their potential and shine brightly. Our devoted team nurtures the "whole child," building confidence and a lifelong curiosity within our inclusive school family where children flourish and create cherished, lasting memories. Mrs Kirsty Cullen Headteacher.Science
Science
Curriculum Intent
Our intent for science is to inspire children to become curious, inquisitive and analytical thinkers with a broad understanding of the natural world – in other words, to think like scientists. Our intention is for children to develop the confidence to ask questions, make observations, carry out investigations, record data in a variety of ways and analyse and present their findings.
Our curriculum aims to build an awareness of how science influences everyday life and drives progress in society. The hope is to encourage pupils to become reflective, responsible individuals who use scientific knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and contribute positively to the world around them. We build the knowledge, language and skills throughout their scientific journey with us so they can build on their success within biology, chemistry and physics in secondary school and beyond in their future careers.
Useful Information
Do you want to know what your child will be learning in Science?
Below you will find a copy of our Science policy which will give you an idea of what we are aiming to achieve in Science at St. Leonard's. You will also find a copy of our long term curriculum map. In our school, we follow a two year rolling programme (as we have mixed age classes). This ensures that children have full coverage of the National Curriculum and do not repeat any topics/learning.
We want to ensure that throughout their time with us, children are building their skills ready for their next stage in learning. Therefore we have produced a progression of skills map (see below). Take a look at the map to see what is expected of your child at the end of each year group.
Finally, I have added a link to the National Curriculum for Science.
If you have any Science related questions please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Lowe who leads the subject in our school.
In Science we have been working hard to develop our Working Scientifically within our lessons. We use PEMROC to help the children plan their investigations.
Prediction
Equipment
Method
Results
Observations
Conclusion
Our children's opinions on Science
- 'I think Science is really interesting!'
- 'I think it is amazing because we look at lots of different things.'
- 'My favourite part is when we do experiments.'
- 'I like making predictions.'
- 'I liked it when we did magnets - it was quite interesting.'
- 'I like the green sheet at the end because I get to look back at my work.'
Our Science Priorities
We have highlighted the following priorities for Science this year.
- To continue to develop the profile of Science across the school.
- To ensure a wide range of Working Scientifically is being used in all classes.
- To ensure our annual Science Fair continues.
Science Documents
Science Policy
Science Fair 2025
Science Fair 2024
Science Fair 2023 - Take a look at some of our fantastic science investigations!
Science Fair 2022 - St Leonard's Budding Scientists!
Science in KS1
Y2 LIVING THINGS: Microhabitats in our school grounds.
Science in KS2
Some of the fantastic science investigations we have conducted in Falcons
Making our stop motion videos in STEM club
Stop Motion Club
