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At St Paul’s CofE Primary School, Kingston Hill our teachers deliver a motivating and engaging science curriculum that fosters a healthy curiosity in children about the universe and promotes respect and understanding of their world. At St Paul’s, we promote the message that everyone can be and is a scientist and have a curriculum that inspires children to be inquisitive and acquire the skills to be a scientist.
At St Paul’s CofE Primary School, Kingston Hill our teachers deliver a motivating and engaging science curriculum that fosters a healthy curiosity in children about the universe and promotes respect and understanding of their world. At St Paul’s, we promote the message that everyone can be and is a scientist and have a curriculum that inspires children to be inquisitive and acquire the skills to be a scientist.
How is Science taught in Reception?
How is Science taught in Reception?
Science in Reception is covered in the ‘Understanding the World’ area of the EYFS Curriculum. It is introduced indirectly through activities that encourage children to explore, problem solve, observe, predict, think, make decisions and talk about the world around them. Science in Reception also helps children with skills in the other areas, such as, Physical Development and Expressive arts and Design. During their first year at school your child will explore creatures, people, plants and objects in their natural environments.
Science in Reception is covered in the ‘Understanding the World’ area of the EYFS Curriculum. It is introduced indirectly through activities that encourage children to explore, problem solve, observe, predict, think, make decisions and talk about the world around them. Science in Reception also helps children with skills in the other areas, such as, Physical Development and Expressive arts and Design. During their first year at school your child will explore creatures, people, plants and objects in their natural environments.
Key Stage 1 and 2 have dedicated weekly science lessons. Children follow a carefully planned journey in science through their time at St Paul’s ensuring that both coverage of knowledge and skills is built over time.
Key Stage 1 and 2 have dedicated weekly science lessons. Children follow a carefully planned journey in science through their time at St Paul’s ensuring that both coverage of knowledge and skills is built over time.
Our science curriculum provides a balanced focus on both knowledge and enquiry skills, which are delivered to developed our learner’s independence as well as encouraging the ethos of learning through high quality questions. We use the acronym IPROF to help us remember these scientific enquiry skills.
Our science curriculum provides a balanced focus on both knowledge and enquiry skills, which are delivered to developed our learner’s independence as well as encouraging the ethos of learning through high quality questions. We use the acronym IPROF to help us remember these scientific enquiry skills.
I - Identifying and classifying
P - Pattern seeking
R - Researching
O - Observing over time
F - Fair testing
A range of science opportunities are available at St Paul’s to enhance the teaching and learning of science, such as:
Trips to Richmond Park
Year 5 trip to the Science Museum
Year 2 trip to Alice Holt Forest
Year 3 trip to Kew Gardens
Science Poster competitions
Royal Society Young Person's book competition
British Science Week and the Science Gadget Shop
STEM clubs
Overview of Science Topics
Overview of Science Topics
Topics overview - science.pdfBritish Science Poster competition 2025
British Science Poster competition 2025
Well done to the final runner ups for this year's British Science Poster competition. The theme for this year was 'Change and Adapt'
Congratulations to Lily in Year 1, Laila in Year 2, Lucy in Year 3 and Elaina in Year 6.
Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2025
Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2025
Thank you to our wonderful judges who gave up their lunch times to read and judge this year's science books for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize.
In the end, we nominated 'Can you get rainbows in Space?' as our final winner!
British Science Week 2025
British Science Week 2025
As part of British Science Week this year, we held a Science Gadget Fair at our school.
The Science Gadget Shop offered a superb selection of child friendly gadgets and gizmos to excite young minds, while helping to develop children’s understanding of the National Science Curriculum.
What our children say about science
What our children say about science
‘I love science at St Paul’s because it gives us the experience of learning about lots of different things.’ - Year 5
Year 5
Year 6
Using the microscopes in Science
Year 4
Year 3
Year 2
What our children say about science
What our children say about science
‘I love science at St Paul’s because as well as teaching us things, it gives us a chance to be independent and explore on our own.’ Year 6
Year 1
Reception
What our children say about science
What our children say about science
'My favourite part of science is finding things out - like life cycles.' - Year 2
'I love learning new stuff and experimenting with fascinating things.' - Year 5
See year group pages for Knowledge Organisers.
See year group pages for Knowledge Organisers.
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