Science
Science
At Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School, we use the Kapow Primary Science scheme to ensure that our Science curriculum is engaging, progressive and well-sequenced across all year groups. Kapow provides a clear framework of knowledge and skills that builds year on year, supporting pupils to develop a deeper understanding of scientific concepts as they move through school. The scheme is particularly well suited to our mixed-age classes, as it offers flexible planning and progressive outcomes that allow teachers to adapt learning appropriately for different ages and stages within the same classroom.
Reception is planned separately to reflect the distinct Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and the importance of exploratory, play-based scientific learning. In Key Stage 1, Year 1 and Year 2 follow a two-year rolling programme, ensuring full coverage of the National Curriculum while allowing learning to be revisited and developed in greater depth. Similarly, in Key Stage 2, Year 3 and 4, as well as Year 5 and 6, follow carefully structured two-year cycles. This approach ensures that pupils experience a broad and balanced Science curriculum without repetition, while still benefiting from revisiting key ideas and skills in a progressive way. Overall, Kapow supports high-quality teaching, effective mixed-age planning and inspires curiosity and enthusiasm for Science across our school.
At Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School, we believe that science is vital to children’s understanding of the world that God created and their place within it. Through high-quality science teaching, pupils develop curiosity, respect for the natural world and the skills to question, investigate and explain phenomena around them.
Our science curriculum aims to:
- Develop pupils’ scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
- Encourage curiosity, critical thinking and a love of learning
- Equip pupils with the skills to work scientifically through practical enquiry
- Enable pupils to understand the impact of science on everyday life and the wider world
Curriculum Organisation and Progression
Science is taught in line with the National Curriculum and is carefully structured to ensure clear progression in both knowledge and skills from Reception through to Year 6.
- Reception is taught as a discrete class, where science learning is embedded through the Understanding the World area of the EYFS framework. Children explore scientific concepts through play, investigation, observation and discussion, building strong foundations for future learning.
- Years 1 and 6 are taught as a mixed-age class using a Cycle A and Cycle B approach. This ensures full coverage of the curriculum while allowing knowledge and skills to be revisited, reinforced and deepened.
Scheme of Work
We follow the Kapow Science scheme of work, which has been carefully selected to meet the needs of our school. Kapow provides:
- A progressive and clearly sequenced curriculum
- Knowledge and skills that build year on year
- Clearly mapped progression in scientific enquiry and vocabulary
- A wide range of engaging, practical and investigative activities
This ensures consistency across the school and supports teachers in delivering high-quality science lessons that enable pupils to know more, remember more and do more over time.
Enrichment and Wider Opportunities
To further enhance pupils’ learning and enjoyment of science, we offer Forest School activities, which provide valuable opportunities for:
- First-hand exploration of the natural environment
- Developing observational and investigative skills
- Applying scientific knowledge in real-life contexts
- Promoting teamwork, resilience and respect for nature
These experiences deepen pupils’ understanding and help them make meaningful connections between classroom learning and the world around them.
Inclusion and Impact
Our science curriculum is inclusive and accessible to all pupils. Lessons are designed to support different learning needs through practical experiences, discussion, vocabulary development and hands-on investigation. Assessment is used to inform teaching and ensure pupils are supported and challenged appropriately.
Through our science curriculum, pupils leave Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School as confident, curious learners with a secure scientific understanding and an appreciation of the role science plays in our lives and in God’s world.
At Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School, we believe that science is vital to children’s understanding of the world that God created and their place within it. Through high-quality science teaching, pupils develop curiosity, respect for the natural world and the skills to question, investigate and explain phenomena around them.
Our science curriculum aims to:
- Develop pupils’ scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
- Encourage curiosity, critical thinking and a love of learning
- Equip pupils with the skills to work scientifically through practical enquiry
- Enable pupils to understand the impact of science on everyday life and the wider world
Curriculum Organisation and Progression
Science is taught in line with the National Curriculum and is carefully structured to ensure clear progression in both knowledge and skills from Reception through to Year 6.
- Reception is taught as a discrete class, where science learning is embedded through the Understanding the World area of the EYFS framework. Children explore scientific concepts through play, investigation, observation and discussion, building strong foundations for future learning.
- Years 1 and 6 are taught as a mixed-age class using a Cycle A and Cycle B approach. This ensures full coverage of the curriculum while allowing knowledge and skills to be revisited, reinforced and deepened.
Scheme of Work
We follow the Kapow Science scheme of work, which has been carefully selected to meet the needs of our school. Kapow provides:
- A progressive and clearly sequenced curriculum
- Knowledge and skills that build year on year
- Clearly mapped progression in scientific enquiry and vocabulary
- A wide range of engaging, practical and investigative activities
This ensures consistency across the school and supports teachers in delivering high-quality science lessons that enable pupils to know more, remember more and do more over time.
Enrichment and Wider Opportunities
To further enhance pupils’ learning and enjoyment of science, we offer Forest School activities, which provide valuable opportunities for:
- First-hand exploration of the natural environment
- Developing observational and investigative skills
- Applying scientific knowledge in real-life contexts
- Promoting teamwork, resilience and respect for nature
These experiences deepen pupils’ understanding and help them make meaningful connections between classroom learning and the world around them.
Inclusion and Impact
Our science curriculum is inclusive and accessible to all pupils. Lessons are designed to support different learning needs through practical experiences, discussion, vocabulary development and hands-on investigation. Assessment is used to inform teaching and ensure pupils are supported and challenged appropriately.
Through our science curriculum, pupils leave Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School as confident, curious learners with a secure scientific understanding and an appreciation of the role science plays in our lives and in God’s world.
At Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School, we believe that science is vital to children’s understanding of the world that God created and their place within it. Through high-quality science teaching, pupils develop curiosity, respect for the natural world and the skills to question, investigate and explain phenomena around them.
Our science curriculum aims to:
- Develop pupils’ scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
- Encourage curiosity, critical thinking and a love of learning
- Equip pupils with the skills to work scientifically through practical enquiry
- Enable pupils to understand the impact of science on everyday life and the wider world
Curriculum Organisation and Progression
Science is taught in line with the National Curriculum and is carefully structured to ensure clear progression in both knowledge and skills from Reception through to Year 6.
- Reception is taught as a discrete class, where science learning is embedded through the Understanding the World area of the EYFS framework. Children explore scientific concepts through play, investigation, observation and discussion, building strong foundations for future learning.
- Years 1 and 6 are taught as a mixed-age class using a Cycle A and Cycle B approach. This ensures full coverage of the curriculum while allowing knowledge and skills to be revisited, reinforced and deepened.
Scheme of Work
We follow the Kapow Science scheme of work, which has been carefully selected to meet the needs of our school. Kapow provides:
- A progressive and clearly sequenced curriculum
- Knowledge and skills that build year on year
- Clearly mapped progression in scientific enquiry and vocabulary
- A wide range of engaging, practical and investigative activities
This ensures consistency across the school and supports teachers in delivering high-quality science lessons that enable pupils to know more, remember more and do more over time.
Enrichment and Wider Opportunities
To further enhance pupils’ learning and enjoyment of science, we offer Forest School activities, which provide valuable opportunities for:
- First-hand exploration of the natural environment
- Developing observational and investigative skills
- Applying scientific knowledge in real-life contexts
- Promoting teamwork, resilience and respect for nature
These experiences deepen pupils’ understanding and help them make meaningful connections between classroom learning and the world around them.
Inclusion and Impact
Our science curriculum is inclusive and accessible to all pupils. Lessons are designed to support different learning needs through practical experiences, discussion, vocabulary development and hands-on investigation. Assessment is used to inform teaching and ensure pupils are supported and challenged appropriately.
Through our science curriculum, pupils leave Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School as confident, curious learners with a secure scientific understanding and an appreciation of the role science plays in our lives and in God’s world.
At Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School, we believe that science is vital to children’s understanding of the world that God created and their place within it. Through high-quality science teaching, pupils develop curiosity, respect for the natural world and the skills to question, investigate and explain phenomena around them.
Our science curriculum aims to:
- Develop pupils’ scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
- Encourage curiosity, critical thinking and a love of learning
- Equip pupils with the skills to work scientifically through practical enquiry
- Enable pupils to understand the impact of science on everyday life and the wider world
Curriculum Organisation and Progression
Science is taught in line with the National Curriculum and is carefully structured to ensure clear progression in both knowledge and skills from Reception through to Year 6.
- Reception is taught as a discrete class, where science learning is embedded through the Understanding the World area of the EYFS framework. Children explore scientific concepts through play, investigation, observation and discussion, building strong foundations for future learning.
- Years 1 and 6 are taught as a mixed-age class using a Cycle A and Cycle B approach. This ensures full coverage of the curriculum while allowing knowledge and skills to be revisited, reinforced and deepened.
Scheme of Work
We follow the Kapow Science scheme of work, which has been carefully selected to meet the needs of our school. Kapow provides:
- A progressive and clearly sequenced curriculum
- Knowledge and skills that build year on year
- Clearly mapped progression in scientific enquiry and vocabulary
- A wide range of engaging, practical and investigative activities
This ensures consistency across the school and supports teachers in delivering high-quality science lessons that enable pupils to know more, remember more and do more over time.
Enrichment and Wider Opportunities
To further enhance pupils’ learning and enjoyment of science, we offer Forest School activities, which provide valuable opportunities for:
- First-hand exploration of the natural environment
- Developing observational and investigative skills
- Applying scientific knowledge in real-life contexts
- Promoting teamwork, resilience and respect for nature
These experiences deepen pupils’ understanding and help them make meaningful connections between classroom learning and the world around them.
Inclusion and Impact
Our science curriculum is inclusive and accessible to all pupils. Lessons are designed to support different learning needs through practical experiences, discussion, vocabulary development and hands-on investigation. Assessment is used to inform teaching and ensure pupils are supported and challenged appropriately.
Through our science curriculum, pupils leave Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School as confident, curious learners with a secure scientific understanding and an appreciation of the role science plays in our lives and in God’s world.
At Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School, we believe that science is vital to children’s understanding of the world that God created and their place within it. Through high-quality science teaching, pupils develop curiosity, respect for the natural world and the skills to question, investigate and explain phenomena around them.
Our science curriculum aims to:
- Develop pupils’ scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
- Encourage curiosity, critical thinking and a love of learning
- Equip pupils with the skills to work scientifically through practical enquiry
- Enable pupils to understand the impact of science on everyday life and the wider world
Curriculum Organisation and Progression
Science is taught in line with the National Curriculum and is carefully structured to ensure clear progression in both knowledge and skills from Reception through to Year 6.
- Reception is taught as a discrete class, where science learning is embedded through the Understanding the World area of the EYFS framework. Children explore scientific concepts through play, investigation, observation and discussion, building strong foundations for future learning.
- Years 1 and 6 are taught as a mixed-age class using a Cycle A and Cycle B approach. This ensures full coverage of the curriculum while allowing knowledge and skills to be revisited, reinforced and deepened.
Scheme of Work
We follow the Kapow Science scheme of work, which has been carefully selected to meet the needs of our school. Kapow provides:
- A progressive and clearly sequenced curriculum
- Knowledge and skills that build year on year
- Clearly mapped progression in scientific enquiry and vocabulary
- A wide range of engaging, practical and investigative activities
This ensures consistency across the school and supports teachers in delivering high-quality science lessons that enable pupils to know more, remember more and do more over time.
Enrichment and Wider Opportunities
To further enhance pupils’ learning and enjoyment of science, we offer Forest School activities, which provide valuable opportunities for:
- First-hand exploration of the natural environment
- Developing observational and investigative skills
- Applying scientific knowledge in real-life contexts
- Promoting teamwork, resilience and respect for nature
These experiences deepen pupils’ understanding and help them make meaningful connections between classroom learning and the world around them.
Inclusion and Impact
Our science curriculum is inclusive and accessible to all pupils. Lessons are designed to support different learning needs through practical experiences, discussion, vocabulary development and hands-on investigation. Assessment is used to inform teaching and ensure pupils are supported and challenged appropriately.
Through our science curriculum, pupils leave Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School as confident, curious learners with a secure scientific understanding and an appreciation of the role science plays in our lives and in God’s world.
At Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School, we believe that science is vital to children’s understanding of the world that God created and their place within it. Through high-quality science teaching, pupils develop curiosity, respect for the natural world and the skills to question, investigate and explain phenomena around them.
Our science curriculum aims to:
- Develop pupils’ scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
- Encourage curiosity, critical thinking and a love of learning
- Equip pupils with the skills to work scientifically through practical enquiry
- Enable pupils to understand the impact of science on everyday life and the wider world
Curriculum Organisation and Progression
Science is taught in line with the National Curriculum and is carefully structured to ensure clear progression in both knowledge and skills from Reception through to Year 6.
- Reception is taught as a discrete class, where science learning is embedded through the Understanding the World area of the EYFS framework. Children explore scientific concepts through play, investigation, observation and discussion, building strong foundations for future learning.
- Years 1 and 6 are taught as a mixed-age class using a Cycle A and Cycle B approach. This ensures full coverage of the curriculum while allowing knowledge and skills to be revisited, reinforced and deepened.
Scheme of Work
We follow the Kapow Science scheme of work, which has been carefully selected to meet the needs of our school. Kapow provides:
- A progressive and clearly sequenced curriculum
- Knowledge and skills that build year on year
- Clearly mapped progression in scientific enquiry and vocabulary
- A wide range of engaging, practical and investigative activities
This ensures consistency across the school and supports teachers in delivering high-quality science lessons that enable pupils to know more, remember more and do more over time.
Enrichment and Wider Opportunities
To further enhance pupils’ learning and enjoyment of science, we offer Forest School activities, which provide valuable opportunities for:
- First-hand exploration of the natural environment
- Developing observational and investigative skills
- Applying scientific knowledge in real-life contexts
- Promoting teamwork, resilience and respect for nature
These experiences deepen pupils’ understanding and help them make meaningful connections between classroom learning and the world around them.
Inclusion and Impact
Our science curriculum is inclusive and accessible to all pupils. Lessons are designed to support different learning needs through practical experiences, discussion, vocabulary development and hands-on investigation. Assessment is used to inform teaching and ensure pupils are supported and challenged appropriately.
Through our science curriculum, pupils leave Hanging Heaton CE (VC) J&I School as confident, curious learners with a secure scientific understanding and an appreciation of the role science plays in our lives and in God’s world.