Implementation:

All lessons build on prior learning and teachers support children to learn and remember more through:

• Clear and progressive plans of science content and process knowledge linked to the National Curriculum;
• Opportunities to develop content knowledge alongside process knowledge. Scientific enquiry (process knowledge) embedded in each topic, revisited and built upon throughout their time in school;
• Knowledge organisers which outline sticky knowledge (including vocabulary) all children must master;
• Mind maps to elicit prior knowledge and understanding on which to build learning and encourage children to pose questions and spark their curiosity;
• Low stakes tests, quizzes and activities to support learners’ ability to block learning and increase space in the working memory;
• Elaborative questioning to challenge and deepen understanding;
• Trips and visits from experts who will enhance the learning experience;
• A big emphasis on practical investigation, encouraging children to find answers to questions they raise.
• High importance given to specialist scientific vocabulary for topics taught and this builds on prior learning.
• Opportunities for curriculum adaptation and challenge, pre teaching and interventions for those children who may require it, including those with SEN, throughout a topic or prior to a new topic being taught.