Science

Reviews

01 Mrs C Austin

Parkside Parent

Parkside is a very special school with a best in class leadership team, a creative and high energy teaching staff and a unique ethos that nurtures every child. As a family we enjoy a wonderful sense of community at the school and have made many life-long friends. Parkside School is distinctive in that every teacher knows every child's name and caters for their unique needs and personalities.

02 Mr & Mrs F

Parkside Parents

Parkside is a wonderful, forward thinking, family orientated and traditional prep school. Nurturing with a focus on excellence in education and sporting achievement, we couldn’t have selected a better school to fit our family values.

The passion and kindness of the teaching staff and leadership team shines through in every aspect of school life and can be seen daily through the warmth, enthusiasm and joy they bring to the boys. Being part of Parkside’s community, which is built on fellowship and camaraderie, has enabled our three boys to thrive in a secure environment that they love.

03 Mrs Dixon

Parkside Parent

We have recently moved to Parkside and have had nothing but a positive experience. The number one priority of the school is the boys and this is apparent in all areas, academic progress and development, sporting achievements and the boys’ happiness and wellbeing. We have watched our sons flourish in all aspects of school life at Parkside and that is credit to the fabulous teaching staff but also the overriding culture of the school.

04 Mr & Mrs G

Parkside Parents

We chose Parkside for our son because we felt the school truly cared for the boys. Our initial feelings couldn't have been more right, Parkside has proved to be the perfect choice for our son who has loved every minute of his time there and has made many lifelong friends.

05 Mr & Mrs C

Parkside Parents

Parkside has provided an amazing environment for our sons to learn, mature and enjoy school life. The care and commitment by the teachers have seen the boys develop and perform to their best. There is a lovely relaxed, friendly and inclusive atmosphere which has certainly brought the best out of our sons.

06 Dr JM Cox

Headmaster, Royal Grammar School, Guildford

I am always delighted to accept young men from Parkside as members of the RGS. I have been very impressed with the academic standards which are being achieved at the School but, more importantly, boys from Parkside are delightful additions to our community. They are invariably engaging, polite and academically curious, skills which have been established and nurtured at Parkside and which will hold them in very good stead for the future.

07 James Priory

Headmaster, Tonbridge School

We were delighted to be able to make three Unconditional Offers to Parkside boys this year. Like the prep school at Parkside, Tonbridge specialises in the education of boys. We are academically selective and Parkside boys are well prepared for the academic rigour here. Similarly, boys from Parkside easily transition to the depth and breadth of co-curricular pursuits at Tonbridge, including music, sport and the creative arts. The intellectual curiosity and enjoyment of these activities is nurtured at Parkside and flourishes at Tonbridge as the boys reach their teens. 35 miles along the M25, we are not that far away either! We very much look forward to developing our relationship with Parkside in the years to come.

08 Mr James Dahl

Master of Wellington College

Wellington College has been lucky to have had a steady stream of excellent Parkside boys join us over the recent years and we would be more than delighted to see many more! There is an a real passion for learning evident in the boys that we have met but this passion appears to extend beyond the classroom too and hence aligns very closely for what we look for in Wellingtonians. We also note tremendous values in the Parkside boys we have met and this explains the wonderful atmosphere evident in the school whenever we visit.

09 Mr James Davies

Headmaster, Halliford School

(Halliford and Parkside) schools share a set of core values that sees us completely committed to seeing each student as an individual and doing everything possible to enable them to flourish and make the most of the many opportunities we are able to offer them. The confidence and maturity they develop in Year 7 and 8 at Parkside greatly contributes to our warm-hearted community at Halliford. Parkside students thoroughly embrace our values of creativity, respect, warm-heartedness, resilience, intellectual curiosity and being exceptional team players. It is no wonder that a number of Parkside boys have been awarded scholarships to join Halliford School. They achieve tremendous academic success at both GCSE and A Level thanks to the tremendous academic grounding they receive at Parkside, and they always fully immerse themselves in our wide variety of co-curricular activities and trips. The boys transition extremely quickly into life at Halliford, and we believe they benefit from our comparable size and ethos. Parkside boys contribute enormously to our school community, and it is our pleasure to celebrate their successes as members of the Halliford family.

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It is an exciting time for science at Parkside this year as we are now using the second very well-resourced, brand new laboratory for all of the pupils in the School to enjoy.

We believe in creative Science teaching, where practical investigations are simply the foundation of a dynamic approach taken by our enthusiastic teachers. In addition to the curricular focus associated with senior school examinations and scholarship attainment, we understand the importance of diving into the challenging world of Science.

Our pupils’ love for Science begins in the Pre Prep where the children enjoy an abundance of hands on practicals linked to the world around them. The children are encouraged to question, investigate and analyse through their topic ‘Amazing Experiments’. Years 3 to 6 follow the National Curriculum and the Common Entrance 11+ syllabus. While the National Curriculum is a useful starting point, we adapt and enhance the programmes of study to ensure a laboratory full of inspired and challenged pupils. At the end of Year 6, the pupils enjoy a Summer term of project work, which provides an exciting foundation for Key Stage 3 Science. This enables them to acquire new skills and encourages an appreciation and understanding of the delicate relationship between evidence and theory. Pupils begin Year 7 fully prepared to welcome the demands of senior science. In Years 7 and 8, the boys are ready for Common Entrance 13+ examinations.

Our curriculum is tailored to the needs of every pupil and we strive to make them independent and enthusiastic Scientists. We develop pupils’ factual understanding, their ability to analyse data, solve problems and develop their thinking skills to continually question how the Universe works. The link between the laboratory and the outside world is fully explored; underpinning the whole approach to Science teaching and learning at Parkside.