S1 & S2 Science

We are currently starting to introduce the new curriculum for excellence outcomes in S1. The topics studied are-:

  • Introducing Science
  • Space
  • Sustaining Life on Earth

The current S2 are studing the 5-14 curriculum the topics are

  • The Human Body
  • Forces and Light
  • Acids Alkalis and Metals

Curriculum enrichment:

  • Science Club (weekly)
  • Crest awards (all year round)
  • British Science Association: (at varying times throughout the year)
    • British Science Week
    • Annual competitions
    • Egg races
  • Lab in a Lorry (yearly event)
  • BP educational resources including: (at varying times throughout the year)
    • Science skills
    • Enterprise Trading Game
    • Carbon Footprint
  • Techfest week talks including (at varying times throughout the year)
    • Drugs from the Deep (chemistry/biology)
    • Cosmic Dome (astronomy/physics)
    • Skeletons in the Closet (biology)
    • Physics – Antarctica and Beyond (physics/biology)