Prentice Court, Goldings, Northampton, NN3 8XS

01604 741960

office@gssc.org.uk

Greenfields Specialist School for Communication

Let Our World Be Your World

A A A

Testimonials: 'Really happy with everything the school is doing...' 'Really informative and gave us the link to ... progress. She has developed so much since attending and we are all really pleased...' 'Extremely happy, very informative and lovely to hear all the progress that ... is making. Fantastic staff, very supportive and know ... very well...' 'Absolutely brilliant to hear all the new things ... can do in Conductive. All of the GSSC staff are fantastic and bring the best out of her...' 'Our child's progression in just 4 months here is massive...' 'I have attended my eight weeks placement in GSSC as a Mental Health Student Nurse... Everyone welcomed me and supported me through my learning journey. I have been given opportunities to work with Multi Disciplinary Team... I am very thankful to everyone who made my journey so amazing...' 'Absolutely brilliant time with the classes and children. You guys rock and it is great what you provide for these little stars...' 'Fabulous team, really supportive staff, the kids are lovely and couldn't be in better hands...' 'Such a devoted and brilliant team. The students have also been amazing. It is so clear how much they all care...' ' Really great and eye opening experience into SEND Schools. The school does a really great job...'

Science

Intent

At Greenfields Specialist School for Communication, Science is taught for numerous reasons. It promotes a sense of curiosity in the world about us and can lead to a better understanding of how or why things work. Science is a wonderful tool to encourage creativity within learners; starting with a question and allowing pupils’s room to try new ideas fosters creativity and resourcefulness. Science does not give answers straight away but allows pupils to search them out independently. Furthermore, Science allows a love of learning to develop as pupils can feel real accomplishment when completing a task or discovering something for themselves. Finally, Science encompasses both literacy and numeracy skills alongside sensory observations. The three sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) are perfect to teach any theme through.   

Impact

Learning about Science through the RIDE curriculum encourages pupils to engage with activities, become curious individuals and gives a desire to share what they have found out. A pupil who is able to communicate that they discovered something, they have figured out why a particular object behaves in such a way or they can remember the three states of matter gives them immeasurable self-confidence, pride and will continue to impact on their love of learning.

Implementation

We have a variety of science specific areas to allow pupils to discover their inner scientist. We have a dedicated school science lab with fully working gas and electricity supplies. An outdoor garden area which has modifications for our pupils to observe living processes in action and an immersive sensory room. In addition to these, classes have access to outdoor spaces and a vast selection of science based resources.

Across the curriculum Science is implemented in differing ways. Our pre-formal curriculum allows pupils to utilise the sensory room and complete investigations with their senses. They will discover the three sciences though observing and physical contact.

Our semi-formal curriculum allows pupils to study all three sciences but not always in discrete elements. Units will give learners the opportunity to discover an area of science in a number of ways e.g. ‘Electricity’. This would allow pupils to use and identify items of household equipment that use electricity and the type of energy produced. The identification would be completed in the learners preferred style.

Pupils working within the formal curriculum are taught in the discrete sciences and go into more depth e.g. Breathing and smoking. Scientific knowledge is taught alongside science specific and non-specific skills. Pupils will have opportunities to complete more complex investigations, use scientific apparatus and are required to produce end of topic tests and method write-ups., using their own preferred method of communication.