{"id":502,"date":"2023-04-18T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/?page_id=502"},"modified":"2023-04-18T13:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:39:37","slug":"science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.liberteschool.co.za\/primary\/curriculum\/science\/","title":{"rendered":"Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1459847629856{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Overview&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1681817526084{padding-right: 20px !important;}&#8221;]The Cambridge Primary Science curriculum helps learners develop a lifelong curiosity about the natural world and enables them to seek scientific explanations for the phenomena around them. 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