Science is the world around us. It is a part of everything we know, and everything we don’t. It is the unimaginably large, and the unimaginably small. It is the how’s, what’s and the whys of life and the universe.  

Studying science allows us to be inquisitive; it allows us to find out how something that was a complete mystery to us before, works. It allows us to have an understanding about our bodies, our planet and our environment. 

The world of science is forever evolving and advancing, and the extensiveness of the topic is enough to ignite a fascination in everybody. Questions can be put to the test, using investigations that are both practical and theoretical. Studying science allows us to advance our critical thinking, our numeracy, and our literacy; skills which are transferable to study and careers in disciplines within and outside the field of science. 

Biology, chemistry and physics are in every aspect of our lives, and will continue to be part of our futures in increasingly unexpected ways. Studying these will allow us to begin to learn about the universe in which we live in, and to keep us asking; why?

Our five year blended curriculum is designed around three pillars for each of the sciences. Individual pillars encapsulate the big ideas of the subject and over the years of teaching, each pillar is revisited several times, developing the schema of our learners by focusing on retrieval and extension. 

We want our students to complete their journey with us full of the knowledge of science, but also with the ability to see science in the context of their future; to be able to use their understanding of scientific theory to continually develop the skills needed to manoeuvre in this ever changing world. This skill set should enable our students to identify fake news, make informed decisions on their health, the environment and their wellbeing and to critically evaluate the wealth of information around them.