Primary Science

Welcome to our Primary Science page - a place to find key documents, links and learning opportunities for all teachers of science in AET primary schools. Please scroll down to explore the page.

You can find out about the work of our science subject network via our network page

Link to Subject Network Hub Page

As a community, we commit to delivering these science entitlements to every child in an AET school:

Curriculum

Teaching

Culture

Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment

AET Science Specification

To ensure we are meeting every child's entitlement to acquire the most powerful knowledge of science, we are setting out with precision the knowledge that pupils should be taught as core content in their curriculum. This forms our AET Science Specification.

Every AET school should ensure that this knowledge is taught as part of their science curriculum, though the sequence and choice of additional content remains a local decision.

We currently have an AET Science Specification for Year 1 and 2: the science subject network are currently developing Year 3 ready for launch from Sep 2024.

Primary Science KS1 Specification Overview

KS1 Science Specification Overview

Primary Science Y1 Specification

Year 1 Science Specification

Primary Science Y2 Specification

Year 2 Science Specification

Primary Science Y3 Specification

Year 3 Science Specification

Curriculum Programmes

Recommended Curriculum

Our recommended primary science curriculum is Science Mastery, created by Ark Curriculum Plus and published by Oxford University Press.

Science Mastery is an easy-to-implement programme that meets all aims of the National Curriculum and is designed to support all educators, regardless of subject-specialism. With full teacher slides and unit planning as well as workbooks for pupils, this scheme offers a knowledge-rich and ambitious approach to the science discpline.

Assessment

The subject network are working on creating a set of multiple choice questions to support the AET specification content.

The network will also develop a system of trust-wide assessment to help assess the extent to which children have acquired the powerful knowledge of the AET specification - more details later this year!