CURICULUM OVERVIEW FOR Science

Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3 / Year 4 / Year 5 / Year 6
Autumn / Materials:
Sorting and using materials.
Materials in our homes
Magnetic
Waterproof
Weather:
Autumn
Season changes / Materials:
Comparing
Changing
Heating and cooling
Discussion of properties / Materials/ Rocks and soils:
Recap on vocabulary
Identify and describe properties
Durability
Permeability
Igneous/ sedimentary
Fossils / Animals, including humans: Digestive system
Teeth
Food chains
States of Matter:
Solids, liquids, gases
Observing changes of state / Properties and changes to materials:
Compare and group materials
Dissolving, separating
Changes to solids, liquids and gases
Earth and Space:
Movement of earth, moon and sun
Day and night / Electricity
Changing circuits
Voltages
Electricity symbols
How we see things Reflection
Refraction
Shadows
Optical instruments
Spring / Animals, including humans
Animals in the local environment
Animals around the world
Hot and cold parts of the world
Weather:
Winter/ Spring
Changes in the weather / Plants:
Growing
Labelling parts
How plants stay healthy
Living things and habitats:
Life cycles
Contrasting environments
How suited to habitats
Categorising – living/ dead/ never alive / Animals, including humans/ Nutrition and Skeleton:
Balanced diet
Skeleton
Muscles
Plants:
Labelling parts
Pollination
Seed dispersal / Electricity:
Simple series circuits
Switches
Insulators and conductors
Sound:
Vibrations
Pitch
Volumes / Animals/ Living things and their habitats:
Local environment
Lifecycles of animals and plants
Reproduction
Growing plants / Living things and their habitats
Classification
Similarities and differences
Evolution and inheritance
How living things have changed over time
adaptation
Summer / Plants:
Growing – seeds to plant
Plant life-cycle
What plants need
Animals:
Carnivores, omnivores, herbivores
Weather:
Summer / Keeping healthy:
Healthy eating
Exercise
Bodies
Animals:
Offspring growing into adults
Basic needs of humans and animals
Importance of exercise and hygiene / Light and Shadow:
Sources of light
How shadows form
Forces and Magnets:
How do magnets work
Magnetic materials / Living things and their habitats:
Classification
Habitats and how they change / Forces:
Air/ water resistance
Friction
Mechanics
Gravity / Animals including humans
Circulation
Diet and exercise
Way nutrients and water are transported in animals