Science

At Eridge House we stimulate children’s minds by providing a secure and open learning environment, where children are encouraged to think for themselves and where their input and ideas will be genuinely valued. Pupils are encouraged to question, predict, observe, classify, analyse, measure, draw conclusions and communicate their understandings clearly and confidently.



Our well-equipped modern science classroom provides the perfect setting for children to partake actively and safely in experiments and investigations.


During Key Stage 1 pupils observe, explore and ask questions about living things, materials and phenomena. They begin to work together to collect evidence to help them answer questions and to link this to simple scientific ideas. They evaluate evidence and consider whether tests or comparisons are fair. They use reference materials to find out more about scientific ideas. They share their ideas and communicate them using scientific language, drawings, charts and tables.


During Key Stage 2 pupils learn about a wider range of living things, materials and phenomena. They begin to make links between ideas and to explain things using simple models and theories. They apply their knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas to familiar phenomena, everyday things and their personal health. They begin to think about the positive

and negative effects of scientific and technological developments on the environment and in other contexts. They carry out more systematic investigations, working on their own and with others. They use a range of reference sources in their work. They talk about their work and its significance, and communicate ideas using a wide range of scientific language, conventional diagrams, charts and graphs.

Please click on the links below to download the science curriculums by year.