Science

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 1

Seasonal Change

Everyday materials

Animals, including humans
(Identify, name and draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense)

Plants

Animals, including humans
(Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores
Everyday materials
Focus on natural materials: wood, water and rocks)

Animals, including humans
(Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals including pets)

Year 2

Plants

Uses of everyday materials
(Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.)

Uses of everyday materials

Living things and their habitats

Animals, including humans

Uses of everyday materials
(Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials)

Year 3

Forces and Magnets

Rocks
(Rocks and soils)

Animals, including humans

Plants

Light

Rocks
(Rocks And fossils)

Year 4

Sound

States of matter
1) Solids, liquids, gases
2) Heating and cooling

Electricity

States of matter
(water cycle)

Animals, including humans
1) Digestive system
2) Teeth and functions

Living things and their habitats
(Animals, including humans: Food chains)

Year 5

Animals, including humans
(Describe the changes as humans develop to old age)

Forces
(Gravity / air resistance and friction)

Earth and Space

Forces
(Recognise that mechanisms including levers, pulleys and gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect)

Living things and their habitats
(Lifecycles of mammals and insects linked to the plague)

Properties and changes of materials

Year 6

Evolution and Inheritance

Living things and their habitats

Animals, including humans
(Heart and circulatory system)

Animals, including humans
(Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function)

Electricity

Light