KS3 SCIENCE
Welcome to the Science Department at the Bicester School. We are a large department, made up of a diverse team of subject specialists and technical support staff. Every year we deliver over 6,000 Science lessons on a huge number of topics, leading to a wide range of academic and vocational qualifications.
We believe students learn best when they are actively engaged with what the topics they are studying. Our enthusiastic and committed team is dedicated to making the learning and exploration of science relevant and engaging. Science can be a creative process, and our approach recognises that working towards an answer is just as valuable as finding the answer itself, with a focus on understanding the underlying principles of each topic. We encourage our students to ask questions, including those that have unexpected answers and those to which there is currently no answer.
Our intent is to effectively and consistently deliver a logically sequenced curriculum that provides the breadth and depth of scientific knowledge and understanding so that students can:
- Progress to and succeed in their next stage of education
- Make scientifically informed decisions and opinions that will affect them in the future
- Access and succeed in a wide range of scientific and non-scientific job roles
KS3 topics by year
Year 7
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- Ecosystems
- Sound
- Forces
- Acids and alkalis
Year 8
- Breathing and respiration
- Light
- Food and nutrition
- The periodic table
- Fluids
- Combustion
- Unicellular organisms
- Earth and space
- Plants and their reproduction
- Metals and their uses
- Energy transfers
- Rocks
Year 9
- Genetics and evolution
- Sound, light and waves.
- Plant growth
- Atomic structure, elements and the periodic table
- Force fields and electromagnets
- Reactivity
GCSE content begins
- Cell division
- Motion
- Separating mixtures
- Motion and forces
- Separating mixtures
- Motion and forces
Key Contact
If you would like any more information about this subject, please contact
Head of Science: Samantha Drewett