Science

“A scientist is not the person who gives the right answers; he is the one who answers the right questions!” Albert Einstein

At Lakeside Primary Academy, we ASPIRE for children to become independent and inquisitive scientists, who are curious about the world around them. 

At Lakeside Primary Academy, we understand the importance of progression of scientific knowledge and skills not just across their primary school years, but as the children head into secondary school. To ensure knowledge is embedded and solidified in long-term memory, we promote the use of active retrieval, metacognition and memory games, as strategies to help children retrieve knowledge and store this in their long-term memory. We are passionate about the children having a confident foundation of science, to prepare them for their secondary school science journey in biology, chemistry and physics, therefore determined for all children to leave year 6 feeling confident in science.

Finally, outside of the classroom we encourage children to be involved with a number of scientific enrichment opportunities. All children take part in the yearly STEM week, which has a focus on a scientific project that everyone and parents can enjoy. Alongside this, the children in year 5 and 6 have the opportunity to discover scientific careers through visits from outside science agencies.

Through all of this, our children ASPIRE in science! 

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