Science
Why?
- Develops curiosity and critical thinking: Science encourages pupils to ask questions, make predictions, and explore the world around them, fostering a lifelong curiosity and a spirit of enquiry.
- Builds essential knowledge and understanding: Teaching science helps pupils understand key concepts about the natural world, materials, forces, and living things — forming the foundation for future learning and informed decision-making.
- Promotes practical and investigative skills: Through hands-on experiments and observation, pupils learn to work methodically, collect data, and draw conclusions — skills that are transferable across the curriculum and into everyday life.
- Supports confidence, independence and real-world connections: Science lessons help pupils see how their learning applies to real-life situations, careers, and global issues, empowering them to think independently and take pride in their discoveries.
Our Teaching Approach – Scheme – Curriculum Maestro
- Personalised Learning: Tailored lessons to meet the unique needs and learning styles of each pupil, ensuring they engage with the curriculum at their own pace and level.
- Interactive and Hands-On Learning: Use a variety of interactive resources, activities, and real-life applications to make learning more engaging and relevant to pupils’ experiences.
- Structured but Flexible Approach: Provide clear structures and routines to help pupils feel secure, while allowing flexibility to adjust teaching strategies based on individual progress and needs.
- Real-World Connections: Link learning to practical, real-world contexts to help pupils understand how their education can be applied outside the classroom.
Why Maestro curriculum
- Curriculum Maestro ensures scientific concepts are introduced in a clear, logical order, helping pupils build on prior knowledge and make secure connections over time.
- Each unit is designed around exciting, real-life contexts and questions that encourage curiosity, hands-on investigation, and meaningful exploration — ideal for engaging pupils with SEMH needs.
- Maestro explicitly teaches and revisits key scientific enquiry skills — such as observing, predicting, testing, and concluding — ensuring pupils not only know science but do science.
- The scheme provides regular opportunities for practical work, making abstract concepts more tangible and accessible. This supports different learning styles and increases motivation.
- Science is taught within broader thematic units, helping pupils apply learning across subjects and retain knowledge through purposeful repetition and varied contexts.
- Maestro includes tools to assess both knowledge and scientific enquiry skills, helping staff identify gaps and tailor support to individual needs — essential in specialist settings.