Ernulf Academy
Ernulf Academy
Subject Intent
Our 5-year spiral curriculum is built upon the nine principal ideas in Science. These ideas weave through the years, underpinning and reinforcing all aspects of the lessons. Our curriculum aims to take students on a journey of exploring and investigating natural phenomena. For us it is essential that students develop secure deep understanding to make genuine progression in all these areas, by inspiring the curious and stimulating excited minds. Students will develop the confidence to explain what they observe, predict how things will behave and analyse their results. Throughout their journey, students will be empowered to recognise for themselves the progress they have made in securing the concepts met and start to build the interconnecting links between the fundamental ideas. Each step of the curriculum is explored in the context of past, present, and future phenomena, building in complexity as the journey continues. Our knowledge rich curriculum, is underpinned by high quality text that will enable students to communicate their new insight through their writing, modelling and practical skills.
KS3 Subject Narrative
Our 5-year spiral curriculum builds on conceptual knowledge and develops a diverse foundation on to which students can explore the Sciences in greater depth. Our lessons at KS3 will allow all students to develop deep scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding of the natural phenomena they encounter each day. Our curriculum explores the world around them, where we introduce and develop students understanding of the nature, process, and methods we utilise in Science. Through practical and theory-based lessons we aim to equip all our students with the scientific knowledge and understanding to ask the questions why? And have the skills and confidence to find the answers for themselves.
Year 7 – Please click here to view the curriculum map for year 7 Science
Year 8 – Please click here to view the curriculum map for year 8 Science
Year 9 – Please click here to view the curriculum map for year 9 Science