At Cubert Primary School, our vision for science is to ignite curiosity and inspire children to explore the world with confidence, creativity and enthusiasm. We provide a supportive environment where pupils can safely take risks, ask meaningful questions and develop a secure understanding of how science helps us make sense of everyday life.

Our curriculum is designed to build strong scientific knowledge across biology, chemistry and physics while helping children understand how scientific ideas develop and are tested. Through hands‑on investigations and rich scientific enquiry, pupils learn to think critically, work systematically and use evidence to explain their discoveries.

We make science relevant by connecting learning to real‑world contexts, our local community and pupils’ own experiences, strengthening their Science Capital and broadening their aspirations for future STEM opportunities. To ensure high-quality teaching and a consistent offer for all pupils, we draw on the well‑sequenced resources from Developing Experts and the exploratory, discussion‑rich activities from Explorify.

Our science curriculum aims to:

• Build secure scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding.
• Develop children’s understanding of how science works through different types of enquiry that help them answer questions about the world around them.
• Equip pupils with essential working‑scientifically skills such as observing, predicting, investigating, measuring, recording and drawing conclusions.
• Help children recognise the uses, relevance and impact of science today and in the future.
• Foster curiosity, creativity and resilience through safe risk‑taking and reflective thinking.
• Strengthen cultural capital by linking learning to real‑life contexts, local environments and meaningful STEM experiences.
• Value and build upon pupils’ own knowledge and experiences, increasing their Science Capital and deepening engagement.