Our science curriculum is unapologetically ambitious with its breadth and complexity of content.  Our curriculum helps to raise aspirations and challenge barriers towards science by going beyond the national curriculum.

Across our 5-year pathway, we have focussed on strengthening the enthusiasm and engagement of students’ particularly by raising the use of practical and investigative approaches. The use of the discovery aspects encourage the independence of students, promoting teamwork, communication skills and heightening their resilience. Our choice at Hayle Academy of Separate Sciences for GCSE allows students to hone in on specific studies of interest creating a greater opportunity for further study (CEIAG). We recognise that Science is an ever-changing discipline; our broad curriculum supports students with opportunities to study and engage with current local and global issues such as COVID-19 and the development of vaccinations, the cost of living crisis including energy prices and renewable alternatives and developments in space.

The aim of our Science curriculum is to provide a high quality science education that provides children with the foundations they need to recognise the importance of Science in every aspect of daily life.  

Repeat concepts are interleaved across our five year pathway, the continuation and development of the repeat concepts are clearly shown throughout our structure and implementation of content. Our repeat concepts are:

•         Cells structures & Processes 
•         Organisation of Organisms 
•         Energy 
•         Forces
•         Structure and Bonding
•         Atomic structure & Reactions 

Students will acquire a broad knowledge and skills set when studying Science. Their curiosity to learn about their world and how it works will help them learn about how scientific ideas have been developed and the importance of science in encouraging people to work collaboratively to prepare students for their post 16 education. Students will leave Hayle Academy with a strong sense of the scientific developments and methods that have shaped their country, their society and the modern world. Students are also encouraged to develop their own opinions towards ways to develop a sustainable future and the importance of protecting the natural world. The skills gained are sought after in many careers such as drug development, food and drink, law enforcement and space technologies e.g. Spaceport Cornwall. It also prepares them for the variety of post 16 options in Science, including A-Level Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science and BTEC Applied (Analytics and Forensics) Science.

“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge”   

Carl Sagan