Science contributes to the development of enquiring minds which have the ability to question, test, evaluate and apply knowledge and understanding of the world around them. It develops personal qualities that prepare children for adult life such as the acquisition and development of scientific language, the application of number skills, the use of ICT, the development of personal and social skills from working independently and collaboratively. Science offers children the opportunity to appreciate and understand the world.
Science is taught from a scheme that ensures a full coverage of the National curriculum and also ensures a correct level of challenge and progression for the children. There is an emphasis on learning through investigations and through the children’s natural enquiries about the world around them.
Through practical work, the children plan scientific investigations and gradually learn the concept of a “fair test”. They also learn to record the findings of their investigations in a variety of ways.
• develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics
• develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of science enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them
• are equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future.
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Autumn
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Spring |
Summer |
Y3 |
Forces & Magnets Sorting and grouping materials, poles attract and repel
Earth & Rocks Different types/properties, fossils, properties of soil |
Animals, including humans Nutrition, skeleton, muscles
Light Shadows, protection, darkness |
Plants Labelling plants, what plants need, water system, life cycles, pollination/seed formation/seed dispersal
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Y4 |
Animals, including humans Digestion and teeth
Sound vibration
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States of matter Changing states Solids/liquids/gases Evaporation and condensation
Chicks Animals, including humans |
Living things and their habitats Grouping in a variety of ways, classification keys, food chains, environment changes and the dangers to living things.
Electricity Conductors, insulators, circuits |
Y5 |
Forces Gravity, water/air resistance, friction. Mechanisms helping smaller forces have a bigger effect: levers, pulleys and gears
Earth and Space Solar system, moon, day and night |
Living things and their habitats Differences of: mammals, amphibians, insects, birds. Life processes and reproduction of some plants and animals
Animals, including humans Describe changes as humans develop in to old age. |
Properties and changes of materials Use of everyday materials, displaying and recovering, filtering/sieving/evaporating. Sorting for: hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electric & thermal) and responses to magnets. Ir/reversible changes, how some changes result in a new material |
Y6 |
Animals, including humans Impact of exercise/drugs/lifestyle. Circulatory system. Nutrients &water transported within animals
Light Travels in straight lines, objects reflect light to eyes, shadows |
Living things and their habitats Grouping microorganisms, plants and animals. Reasons for classification including specific characteristics
Evolution and Inheritance Adapting for environment, fossils, off-springs are not identical to parents |
Electricity Voltage of cells impacting brightness, recognising symbols, variations in how components function |
Biology
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Chemistry
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Physics
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