Science

“Knowledge is Power”

Purpose of Study

To develop young people who have the foundations to flourish in a scientific career and who understand the world around them.

Aims

Our aims: Oasis Science is founded on three core strands. We believe that these are integral for a successful Science curriculum!

Knowledgeable students

We want our students to be knowledgeable, curious learners who are able to apply their learning to the real world. We also want our students to be able to use scientific language confidently, plan and run investigations to test scientific theories and be able to critically analyse data and evidence provided to them.   Our curriculum prepares our learners to better understand the world they live in and make informed and wise choices.  The Oasis Science Curriculum prepares students with the fundamental knowledge needed to pursue a range of careers from medicine, to engineering, from astrophysics to careers in geo science.

Knowledgeable teachers

The Oasis Science Curriculum ensures that our teachers, at all stages of their career, are confidently developing the scientific Knowledge and skills of their students. Our curriculum ensures teachers have time to differentiate lessons for their students and are able to be consistent throughout their lesson sequences with other teachers within their departments with regards to their scientific terminology, lesson structure and assessments in order to share best practice and co-plan. 

Knowledgeable leaders

The Oasis Science Curriculum ensures Curriculum Leaders are not spending time ‘re-inventing’ the wheel.We want our Curriculum Leaders to be able to spend time effectively developing subject specific pedagogy within their teams, tracking the progress of their students and comparing this across not only their own schools but those within our network so that they can confidently identify gaps in students learning and put in place effective strategies to address these.

Science Curriculum Overview

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
7	Particles	Types of reaction	Forces	Energy	Interdependence and cell	Reproduction and variation
8	Periodic table and materials	Chemical Reactions and the environment	Waves and Pressure	Electricity and Magnetism	Energy from food	Keeping Healthy
9	Chemistry Fundamentals	Investigative Chemistry	Energy and Waves	Forces	Cell Biology	Communicable Diseases
10	Human Biology	Plant Biology	Nuclear Physics, Radiation and Magnetism	Electricity and Astrophysics	Reacting Substances	Humans and the Earth
11	Evolution and Systems	Organic Chemistry & polymers	Application of forces	Retrieval and Application of Knowledge	Examinations