For Science, we follow Grammarsaurus Science. 

The national curriculum for science aims to ensure that all pupils:

• 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

During Years 1 and 2, pupils will be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills:

• asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways;

• observing closely, using simple equipment;

• performing simple tests;

• identifying and classifying;

• using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions;

• gathering and recording data to help in answering questions.

Children will be taught these skills through the teaching of the programme of study content:

Year A:

• Everyday Materials 1

• Living things and their habitats 2

• Plants 2

Year B:

• Seasonal changes 1

• Materials 2

• Animals including humans 2

• Seasonal changes 1

• Plants 1

During Years 3 and 4, pupils should be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills.

• asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them;

• setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests;

• making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers;

• gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions;

• recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables;

• reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions;

• using results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions;

• identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes;

• using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings.

Children will be taught these skills through the teaching of the programme of study content:

Cycle A:

• Rocks and soils 3 (6) - Chemistry

• Animals including humans 3 (5) - Biology

• Plants 3 – Biology

• Electricity 4 - Physics

• Sound 4 - Physics

Cycle B:

• Animals including Humans 4 - Biology

• Light 3 - Physics

• States of Matter 4 - Chemistry   

• Magnets 3 - Physics

• Living things and their habitats 4 - Biology

During Years 5 and 6, pupils will be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content:

• planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary;

• taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate;

• recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs;

• using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests;

• reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and a degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations;

• identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.

Children will be taught these skills through the teaching of the programme of study content:

Cycle A:

• Earth and space 5 - Physics

• Electricity 6 – Physics

• Animals including humans –

• Heart and Blood 6 - Biology

• Forces 5 - Physics

• Living Things and their Habitats 6 – Biology

Cycle B:

• Evolution 6 - Biology   

• Light 6 - Physics

• Materials 5 - Chemistry

• Animals including humans 5 - Biology

• Living things 5 - Biology