At Godfrey Ermen, we deliver an engaging and ambitious Science curriculum that inspires children to explore the world around them. Our approach encourages pupils to develop curiosity, ask thoughtful questions, and actively seek answers. As children move through school, we build their working scientifically and enquiry skills progressively, ensuring they develop both confidence and competence as young scientists.
To support high-quality teaching and learning, staff use Developing Experts and Plymouth Science to inform their planning. These high-quality resources help ensure lessons are well-structured, knowledge-rich, and carefully sequenced, while providing a wide range of investigative opportunities that deepen children’s understanding.
The acquisition of key scientific knowledge is central to our curriculum. Knowledge organisers accompany each unit, enabling children to learn and retain essential, powerful vocabulary. Scientific enquiry skills are developed year on year, with lessons designed to offer increasing depth, challenge, and hands-on exploration. Children take part in a variety of enquiry types, carrying out practical investigations that strengthen both their understanding and application of scientific concepts.
Each unit is supported by key assessment questions, allowing teachers to check understanding at different points in a lesson and revisit concepts when required. Learning is carefully sequenced so that each lesson builds securely on prior knowledge. Activities are effectively adapted, ensuring all children receive the appropriate level of support and challenge.
Through this approach, we strive to develop confident, inquisitive, and independent learners who are equipped with the scientific knowledge, skills, and vocabulary they need to make sense of the world—and to continue exploring it throughout their lives.