Kings Ely senior
Academic
Senior Science
Science is taught in three separate disciplines – Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
Our teaching embraces the spirit of enquiry and our students are encouraged and supported to question rather than assume.
"I really enjoy learning about how things work, and it's great that I am able to ask questions after lessons."
Grace Charlton, Year 11 student
"The range of opportunities beyond the curriculum have been impressive – our son has taken up Rowing, continued his STEM interests, and started on his Duke of Edinburgh journey."
Mr and Mrs Bierton
"Its like solving puzzles to understand how life works"
Matthew Rimmer, Year 11 student
Probably the most significant decision facing the Year 9 scientist is whether to choose Double Award or Triple Award.
Triple Award Science is one of the option choices and Double Award is part of the core curriculum.
- Both courses are effective gateways to A Level.
- Both courses are linear - there is no coursework component.
- Both courses contain significant mathematical content and a high proportion of practical work.
Regardless of if a student picked the follow the combined science (Trilogy) course or the triple science Biology, Chemistry and Physics courses they will discover the complex and diverse range of life on this planet and the ways the life deals with the challenges, experience the science of transformation that creates substances that have never existed before and alongside all of that learning to appreciate and understand the basic rules that govern our entire universe.
Practical work is used as much as possible, not just the required ones, to show all the different processes under study and to show how we know what happens. #Proveitwithapractical
Find out more at our next open day!
| GCSE Double Award |
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A single two graded GCSE in Science, taught as three separate Sciences in 6 lessons per week. This slimmed down Science experience allows for an extra GCSE in another subject. Gives a slimmed down Science experience to allow for an extra GCSE in another subject. DA Science will link to Science A-levels satisfactorily. Good for the student who would like to keep their options open, the student who is not ready to specialise yet. |
| GCSE Triple Award |
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For the dedicated student who definitely wants to pursue technical subjects in the future, this award gives an excellent broad based grounding in Science, and Students will gain a large amount of experience in practical work. Three entirely separate Science GCSEs (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) taught in 9 lessons per week. Gives an excellent broad based grounding in Science. Students will gain a large amount of experience in practical work. A great option for the dedicated scientist, the student who definitely wants to pursue technical subjects into the future. Biology GCSE Exam Specification |
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Isobel Smyth
“Biology studies the maintenance of systems- how everything work. It teaches everything is interdependence, the circle of life, we are all part of it. What we do has consequence on all living things. All of Science is about Awe and Wonder and Biology focusing on how life works, in all its glory.”
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