Science

At Sedbergh Junior School, science is considered to be an integral and essential component of the whole curriculum.

When our pupils learn Science they are obtaining a set of skills and a body of knowledge that will be essential for life: for work, for pleasure and for creativity in the future.

Extending curiosity

Science is not taught simply to prepare pupils for qualifications and we strongly believe that scientific learning in the early years extends and enhances natural curiosity by providing children with the opportunity to apply and further develop the common skills that they have already mastered.

Up to Year 6, all science is taught as a form subject but thereafter specialist teaching covers the three major sciences of biology, chemistry and physics. These are laboratory-taught and pupils develop skills to make the best use of the considerable wealth of resources, specialist equipment and apparatus and ICT available to them.

Exploring and enjoying

Science at Sedbergh Junior School tends to be very practical and hands-on and pupils are encouraged to explore a range of scientific areas, developing their abilities to reason about the events and processes that they see and perform.

Clearly, science is a demanding subject. Our aim is to provide the children with the strongest possible foundations for the work they will tackle at Senior School, so that they may not only be successful but also enjoy the subject and develop an understanding of the world around them.