Strategic Intent for Science department.
To develop a curriculum which:
Curriculum Principles
We thread careers information, with a focus on STEM careers, throughout the curriculum; consistently promoting high aspirations for our young people.
Course Content
Key Stage 3 Pathways:
Biology, Chemistry and Physics are delivered in units across each year which incorporate scientific enquiry. Pupils study Key Stage Three Science across Years 7, 8 and 9.
Key Stage 4 Pathways:
We follow the AQA Science Trilogy and AQA Separate Science GCSE courses. Pupils study Key Stage 4 Science in Years 10 and 11.
Enrichment
The science department offers opportunities to visit higher and further education establishments including Liverpool University. Visitors and guest speakers are invited in to work with and speak to pupils about higher education.Pupils are given the opportunity to take part in STEM trips and activities, working with other schools and developing their wider understanding of those subject areas. British Science Week and World Space Week incorporates competitions, activities, alternative classroom activities and community nights.
Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare
The Science department promotes a positive, safe learning environment where pupils are supported to develop social, moral, spiritual and cultural wellbeing. Throughout the Science curriculum we aim to educate our pupils to make informed choices in their lives to keep themselves healthy and safe, and to develop life skills which will enable them to make a positive contribution to the wider community. Personal Development is delivered throughout both KS3 and KS4. In addition to following National Curriculum lessons, our curriculum is enhanced to deliver a number of RSE topics. Additionally, we have incorporated Career links into our schemes of learning to promote opportunities for pupils to engage with future employability and career options.
The Science department communicates the whole school ethos of “excellence in the heart of the community” in all interactions with pupils. The department’s focus is one of excellence in teaching and learning so that pupils make the best progress that they are able to.
You can find more granular detail of each of our three whole school curriculum intent strands, Knowledge Led, Reading is Power and Diverse Opportunities here:
Knowledge Led
You can find out more information on the sequencing of our curriculum and what is being studied in each term here:
Parents and pupils will find the following Journey of Knowledge overviews useful as they outline the core content to be learnt in each KS3 unit:
atoms__elements_and_compounds.pptx
breathing_and_respiration.pptx
chemical_energy_and_types_of_chemical_reactions.pptx
climate___earths_resources.pptx
contact_forces_and_non_contact_forces.pptx
current_p.d._and_resistance.pptx
energy_stores_transfers_and_work.pptx
energy_transfers_and_cost_journey.pptx
inheritance_and_variation.pptx
magnets_and_electromagnets.pptx
periodic_table_and_metals.pptx
plants_and_photosynthesis.pptx
Hillside High
Breeze Hill
Bootle
Merseyside
L20 9NU
Tel: 0151 525 2630
Email: admin@hillsidehigh.co.uk
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