The focus of science in KS2 is to allow children to observe and explore scientific phenomena to engage their curiosity and encourage them to ask more questions about the world around them. In KS2 children are expected to work scientifically by observing, measuring, predicting, investigating, testing, recording, evaluating and concluding. Our KS2 topics are:
In Lower Key Stage 2, children should be taught to make systematic and careful observations, gathering and recording data, labelling diagrams, using results to make predictions and raise further questions and use scientific evidence to answer questions.
In Upper Key Stage 2, the principal focus is to enable children to develop a deeper understanding of scientific ideas, asking their own questions and analysing functions. They will begin to understand how the scientific ideas change and develop over time and learn how to select the most appropriate ways to answer scientific enquiry including observing changes over time, noticing patterns, classifying things, carrying out fair tests and draw conclusions based on their data and observations, using evidence to justify their ideas and scientific knowledge to explain their findings.