The Curriculum
The Junior School Curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and Common Entrance 11+ Syllabus and gives our pupils the general preparation they need for the demands of the Common Entrance 13+ Syllabus. The 13+ Common Entrance Syllabus starts in C Form (Year 6) and is split into Four sections:
- Sc1 Scientific enquiry
- Sc2 Life processes and living things (Biology)
- Sc3 Materials and their properties (Chemistry)
- Sc4 Physical processes (Physics)
The scholarship curriculum for Alpha and Beta is based on the CE syllabus but goes into much greater depth and requires a much broader understanding of the topis covered.
Our aims in teaching Science at Port Regis
- Pupils will find Science fun and be able to carry out as much practical work as possible.
- Teaching staff will endeavour to develop a set of attitudes in the pupils which promote scientific ways of thinking. These will include: open mindedness, perseverance, objectivity and a recognition of the importance of teamwork.
- To fuel the pupils` sense of curiosity and enthusiasm and hopefully lead to an understanding that Science is going on all around them in everyday life.
- Pupils are able to follow and understand scientific procedures. They can make careful observations, alter experimental procedures and make valid conclusions based on scientific reasoning and the evaluation of evidence.
- Pupils are able to recall scientific facts, ideas and data through speaking, writing and interpretation of data.
- Once the fundamentals have been established, pupils will be able to apply these concepts to other situations, make and test hypotheses and therefore make valid conclusions based on the information they have found out.
