At Birkdale High School, we recognise that students come to us with a range of scientific knowledge & exposure, and variations in their life experiences. Irrespective of starting points, we aim to develop students’ capacity to understand the world around them by improving knowledge, skills and habits needed to become effective learners. Within our science curriculum, we seek to provide students with:

• Fundamental knowledge, secure in long term memories, across a range of “big ideas” that underpin future learning.
• Experience of making connections within and between science and non-science subjects.
• Skills to plan & carry out practical science, analysing and evaluating resulting data.
• A strong grasp of science related literacy.
• An appreciation of the historical development of scientific ideas and the application of science in current and future technologies and careers.
• Opportunities to develop healthy habits in homework & responses to knowledge gaps.