We expect every child to feel a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world. By exploring the world around them and following in the footsteps of scientists, children investigate and design experiments that spark and satisfy their curiosity.

At St. John’s, our intention has been to design a science curriculum that provides our children with a rich scientific knowledge and understanding and one which encourages our inquisitive children to pose valid scientific questions that will allow them to follow lines of enquiry about the world we live in.

Our aim is to ensure that pupils develop their skills of enquiry and investigation to promote and progress their creative thinking. During science lessons, pupils will learn to ask scientific questions and begin to appreciate the way science will affect their future at a personal, national, and even at a global level.

From the moment children join our school, they are immersed in a broad range of purposeful, planned, and structured learning experiences. These opportunities are designed to help them develop specific skills and subject knowledge, enabling them to understand scientific processes and appreciate the relevance and impact of biology, chemistry, and physics in their everyday lives, throughout their education, and into their future.

Our science curriculum builds on children’s natural curiosity in the Early Years Foundation Stage, fostering a respect for living organisms and the natural world. As pupils progress through the school, they will develop a secure body of scientific knowledge, retain key concepts, and confidently recall prior learning. This approach supports them in becoming increasingly knowledgeable, independent, and reflective learners throughout each key stage. Children will be given learning opportunities that help them work together, use their reading, writing, and speaking skills to ask questions, make observations, plan carefully, and carry out investigations safely. By the time they move on to secondary school, they will have the confidence and resilience to start their own scientific investigations independently.