Support

We aim to provide students with transferrable scientific skills that they will come across in their everyday lives. Science will broaden our student’s curiosity by allowing them to ask questions and wondering what might happen. Critical thinking will be developed through placing emphasis on looking at facts and thinking about what we experience on individuals. Decision making will be supported through allowing the students to find solutions to problems and comparing the best options to get a formulated decision. Students will apply these skills throughout their science lessons.

Nurture

Baseline English and Maths assessments are used to formulate a learning plan that is tailored to student’s individual needs. This will allow us to track each individual’s progress. All students have different learning styles so plenty of resources are available to match different needs including worksheets, PowerPoints, videos and digital information. Thrive principles are embedded in teaching to further support the student’s needs, nurture them and allow them to flourish as an individual. Science lessons will incorporate the ATTUNE principle by understanding the student’s feelings in relation to the lesson; the VALIDATE principle through actively listening to the students’ needs and addressing them; the REGULATE principle by tailoring lessons and activities to re-engage students and the CONTAIN principle by allowing students to express themselves in a safe and respectful manner.

Inspire

Irrespective of all of the students individual starting points, they will be pushed to go as far as they can with their science. The aim is for students to see science as more than just something that they have to learn about at school, but more as knowledge and skills that they can use to interpret the world around them. Students will have the opportunity to go on extra-curricular trips relating to science that will inspire them to think further. An example is taking the students to the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge and letting their minds run wild about what else is out there in the universe.

Empower

Students will gain nationally recognised qualifications in Science (AQA Unit awards and Entry Level Certificates). This will allow students to move onto a wider variety of further education or training. We strive to allow students to reach their full potential and enter students for nationally recognised qualifications wherever possible. Most students will complete AQA Unit Awards in Key Stage 3 and move onto the Entry Level Certificate in Key Stage 4. Learning will be supplemented through practically applying their learning to both real life situations and experiments.