Science
‘Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated’
Rosalind Franklin
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Our vision
At Pen Mill Infant Academy, our aims are to fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum for Science; providing a broad, balanced and differentiated curriculum that ensures progressive development and an understanding of scientific concepts through engaging, memorable, quality experiments, investigations and real-life exploration.
At Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy, our children are SCIENTISTS!
Our intent is to give every child a broad and balanced Science curriculum which enables them to confidently explore and discover what is around them, so that they develop a deeper understanding of the world in which we live in. We want our children to engage completely and love their Science lessons. We want them to be ambitious and grow up wanting to be astronauts, forensic scientists, chemists and biologists. We want our children to remember their science lessons in our school, to cherish these memories and embrace the scientific opportunities they are presented with! To achieve this, it involves exciting, practical hands-on experiences that encourage curiosity and questioning. Our aim is that these stimulating and challenging experiences help every child secure and extend their scientific knowledge and vocabulary, as well as promoting a love and thirst for learning. At Pen Mill, we have a curriculum which has been carefully designed and developed with the need of every child at the centre of what we do. We want to equip our children with not only the minimum statutory requirements of the science National Curriculum, but to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.