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08/11/22

Thank you to all the parents and carers who were able to attend our gallery this week. It was wonderful to see so many of you the pupils work. https://t.co/cJyheBCxwr

31/10/22

HPAO have loved learning 'Three Little Birds' in singing assembly. "The song makes me feel calm and is like a warm blanket comforting me" https://t.co/HI8sHt6alK

12/10/22

Just posted a photo https://t.co/MGQqLhlJMA

07/10/22

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07/10/22

At HPAO we value our staff’s well-being. To recognise the effort they are putting in every week, we provided a hearty staff breakfast for them. https://t.co/dInekgaBOf

07/10/22

Congratulations to our latest award winners! We were delighted to hear about these pupils’ amazing achievements in reading, writing, maths, behaviour and foundation subjects. https://t.co/9sjMtKiPxJ

07/09/22

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05/09/22

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05/09/22

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18/07/22

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14/07/22

Well done to our Y4, Y5 and Y6 students that took part in the Harris combined sports day yesterday. Supporting their team and respect were the subject of the day, playing fairly and congratulating each other and the other schools. Secondary to that, we even won a few medals! 🏅🤝 pic.twitter.com/RNRwgWsL4t

08/07/22

Congratulations to our KS2 award winners https://t.co/JhoQuwrJhG

08/07/22

The stage is set for HPAO Sports Day 2022! pic.twitter.com/l15Abxjv8D

30/06/22

Well done to this week’s EYFS / KS1 Award Winners. We have heard some amazing tales of phonics progress, great collaboration, powerful writing and dazzling maths skills. https://t.co/qLn16h6mcm

17/06/22

Just posted a photo https://t.co/mtT8caAbv6

17/06/22

Congratulations for our amazing Award Winners in KS2 this week. Fantastic to hear such positive praise from about their & values led behaviour! https://t.co/cTUKUxib4x

16/06/22

Just posted a photo https://t.co/YDMbEIcsY3

10/06/22

The Y6 children are back! https://t.co/lATzfXm2VY

10/06/22

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Science

At Harris Primary Academy Orpington, science is taught through observing, investigating, experimenting, questioning and exploring. Children's scientific skills are developed through a variety of knowledge and enquiry-based lessons. Each science topic is taken from the new National Curriculum and taught alongside our Harris Federation curriculum so that each science unit concludes with an enquiry linked to the topic. At Harris Primary Orpington, we want our children to be involved in an engaging curriculum that will build, develop and promote their knowledge. Science is about improving on the investigative and experimenting skills necessary to challenge ideas and theories. Children need to be armed with the knowledge on which to build; the knowledge is a platform to springboard their own point of inquiry. We want our pupils not merely to be able to repeat facts and memorised knowledge. We want them to be driven on to question, ‘What next...?’ or ‘What if...?’ Science is also a practical way of finding reliable answers to questions we may ask about the world around us through experimental testing of ideas. Science in our school is about developing children’s ideas through their own curiosity and questioning.

The order in which we have chosen to teach the units in science has been agreed in conjunction with our science specialists working in the HF secondary schools. They have used their subject specific expertise to outline a suggested progression of learning. For example, it is important children know the properties of materials before moving on the learn about changes in materials. Likewise, learning about animals and plants before habitats allows children to build on prior knowledge. Some units have been placed in particular half terms due to seasonality, plants for example- learning about plants in the spring and summer terms allows children to grow their own plants. The plants will grow more quickly in the warmer weather, meaning experiments can produce meaningful results. In each science lesson we aim to cover scientific knowledge, the big science concepts, scientific thinking (how scientists find answers) and working scientifically.

 

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Plants + Seasons

Plants

Light

Electricity

Space

Living things + Habitats

Plants + Seasons

Plants

Light

Electricity

Space

Living things + Habitats

Animals including humans

Animals including humans

Animals including humans

Animals including humans

Animals including humans

Animals including humans

Animals including humans

Animals including humans

Plants

Living things + Habitats

Living things + Habitats

Animals including humans

Plants

Plants

Rocks

States of Matter

Forces

Light

Materials

Materials

Forces and Magnets

Sound

Materials

Evolution and Inheritance

 

 

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