Implementation:

All lessons build on prior learning and teachers support children to learn and remember more through:

• Opportunities to develop content knowledge alongside process knowledge. Scientific enquiry (process knowledge) embedded in each topic, revisited and built upon throughout their time in school;
• A knowledge organiser which outlines sticky knowledge (including vocabulary) all children must master;
• Concept cartoons and mind maps are used to elicit prior knowledge and understanding on which to build learning and encourage children to pose questions and spark their curiosity;
• A cycle of lessons for each topic, which carefully plan for progression and depth;
• Low stakes tests or quizzes to support learners’ ability to block learning and increase space in the working memory;
• Elaborative questioning to challenge pupils to apply their learning in a range of ways;
• Trips and visits from experts who will enhance the learning experience;
• A big emphasis on practical investigation, encouraging children to find answers to questions they raise.
• Specialist vocabulary for topics taught and built up.
• Opportunities for curriculum adaptation and challenge, pre-teaching and interventions for those children who may require it, including those with SEN, throughout a topic or prior to a new topic being taught.