We follow the Science National Curriculum closely, ensuring that all children:

• 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.

Units:

Year 1: Everyday materials, Plants including seasonal changes, Animals including humans

Year 2: Animals including humans, Uses of everyday materials, Plants, Living things & their habitats

Year 3: Rocks, Light, Forces and Magnets, Plants, Animals including humans

Year 4: Electricity, Sound, States of matter, Living things and their habitats, Animals including humans

Year 5: Properties and changes of materials, Forces, Earth and space, Living things and their habitats, Animals including humans

Year 6: Light, Animals including humans, Electricity, Evolution and inheritance, Living things and their habitats

As children are taught the content of each unit, they are given opportunities to develop their ‘working scientifically’ skills across a range of areas throughout the school year. These are consolidated at the end of the year and returned to each subsequent year in more depth:

• Asking questions
• Planning enquiries
• Identifying and classifying
• Performing tests
• Using equipment
• Observing and measuring
• Gathering and recording data
• Communicating findings

At the start of each unit children are given knowledge organisers with the key learning for that topic. These are used for quizzing throughout the topic. Some examples are below.

Y2 Science Animals Including Humans Knowledge Organiser

Y3 Science Rocks Knowledge Organiser

Y4 Science Electricity Knowledge Organiser

Y5 Science Changes of Materials Knowledge Organiser

Y5 Science Properties of Materials Knowledge Organiser

Y6 Science Light Knowledge Organiser