At Alderman Cogan’s we want to give all our children the best possible start in life academically, as citizens and as lifelong learners. Above all, we want them to be highly literate and able to have all the learning necessary to help them to thrive in a complex, changing and competitive world.
We want all our students to be ambitious for themselves and about their futures. We will provide the pathways and support for them to realise their ambitions, ‘through a Christian lens’.
Our ambitious and aspirational curriculum is underpinned by our strong Christian Values through our ‘Cogan Learning Goal’. It is through living out these values within our curriculum and everyday life that our children “work together to follow His example and be the best people we can be.”
We are committed to providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. We encourage an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promote Christian values through the experience we offer to all our pupils.
“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29, v11
All children at Alderman Cogan’s CE Primary Academy access a broad, balanced and enriching science curriculum. We recognise the importance of science in everyday life. We strive to develop a curriculum to enable children to become inquiry based learners and develop a child’s natural curiosity. We want to inspire them and develop their hopes, dreams and aspirations to possibly work towards a career influenced by science in the future, thus developing them as active citizens who contribute positively to society.
Science explains the material world. By learning about the products of science, children are able to explain the world around them. Children establish their scientific knowledge using scientific enquiry. Curiosity begins to grow in the early years; children are introduced to a wide-range of vocabulary that categorises and describes the natural world. These words are not too technical but provide the ‘seeds’ for developing scientific concepts that will be built on in later years. The most relevant statements for science are taken from the following areas of learning:
• Communication and Language
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Understanding the World
The end points of the curriculum are revisited through the year, and they build through the year groups. Scientific knowledge becomes established and gets revised based on the topic that the year group is studying. In our science curriculum, knowledge is carefully sequenced to reveal the interplay between substantive and disciplinary knowledge. This ensures that children not only know ‘the science’; they also know the evidence for it and can use this knowledge to work scientifically.
Year 1 Science lesson by lesson progression
Year 2 Science lesson by lesson progression
Year 3 Science lesson by lesson progression
Year 4 Science lesson by lesson progression
Year 5 Science lesson by lesson progression
Year 6 Science lesson by lesson progression
