Science
Science provides the foundations for understanding the world. It has changed our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity. At Orchard Vale, we provide our pupils with the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science, alongside developing a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena. We believe in building our pupils’ ‘science capital’ so that they can see the importance of science in our world and be inspired to choose career paths in STEM subjects in the future.
Each science topic is designed to provide pupils with key concepts, which are taught practically where possible. Every lesson incorporates one of the 5 enquiry types so that children are encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave and analyse causes.