What is Science?

Science is investigating the universe and all that’s in it, through questioning, observing and experimenting.

At Over Kellet  Primary school we believe that a high-quality science education provides the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics.

We encourage our children to know the importance of science in all of our lives and how the knowledge and skills they acquire can aid them make sense of the natural and human-constructed world around them.

At our school, we want our children to be naturally curious about the world around them, we want to foster this and encourage this to grow through their own inquisition.

Our curriculum has been developed to ensure full coverage of the National Curriculum and to foster a sense of wonder about natural phenomena of God’s world.

We are committed to providing a stimulating, engaging and challenging learning environment. Throughout our school children are encouraged to develop and use a range of working scientifically skills including questioning, researching and observing for ourselves. We promote and celebrate these skills as children show their learning with confidence and resilience.

We want our children  to have a broad and rich vocabulary. Scientific language is to be taught and built upon as topics are revisited in different year groups and across key stages.

We intend to provide all children regardless of ethnic origin, gender, class, aptitude or disability with a broad and balanced science curriculum.

The national curriculum for science aims to ensure that all pupils:

• develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics
• develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of science enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them
• are equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future

We celebrated British Science Week 2026 in March exploring ‘Curiosity: What’s Your Question?’

We spent a day learning and working in our house groups, rotating around school to explore four different Science experiments and tasks. We thought about different scientists and the amazing things they discovered and the jobs they do.