Science
Through our science teaching, we want to enrich the lives of the children in our school by creating awe and wonder at the world around them. Through experiential learning, they will develop their curiosity to understand scientific concepts and processes and understand how these have been harnessed by human beings throughout history to improve civilisation. Pupils see how their learning links to the real world and their own future potential careers as scientists. Early Years Foundation Stage – Understanding of the world"EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" class="TextRun SCXW207572610 BCX8">The educational programme for understanding of the world, set out in the EYFS Framework, is delivered in our preschool and reception classes in line with the ELAN Preschool Curriculum and the ELAN Reception Curriculum.Preschool CurriculumReception CurriculumKey Stage 1 and 2 – ScienceWe follow the national curriculum.
In Year 1, we teach science in line with our multi-academy trust’s ‘Extend Early Curriculum’.
We follow HEP Science scheme of work in Year 2-6 which provides the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics.
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Year group |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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Year 1 |
Animals Humans Plants Seasonal changes Everyday materials |
Animals Seasonal changes |
Animals Plants Seasonal changes Everyday materials |
Animals Humans Seasonal changes |
Animals Everyday materials |
Animals Seasonal changes Everyday materials
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Year 2 |
The park explorers |
My body and my senses |
Everyday materials |
Animal groups |
Animal diets |
Seasonal changes |
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Year 3 |
Plants |
Rocks |
Light |
Animals including humans |
Forces and magnets |
The Bee project |
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Year 4 |
States of matter |
Animals including humans |
Science of sound |
Living things and their habitats |
Electricity |
The history of Science |
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Year 5 |
Properties and changes of materials |
Forces* |
Living things and their habitats* |
Earth and space* |
The history of* science |
Animals including humans* |
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Year 6 |
Animals including humans |
The science of light |
Electric circuits |
Evolution and inheritance |
Living things and their habitats |
Preparing for secondary science |
* As a school we have changed the order of units in Year 5, as the proposed Term 2 unit, Animals including humans, includes elements of the Sex and Relationships Education curriculum that we cover in Term 6 through JIGSAW, and which require parental knowledge prior to teaching. We teach all of the units of the curriculum without omission, in the revised order.
