Science
Early Years Foundation Stage – Understanding of the World
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 Extend Nursery and Preschool Curriculum and the Extend Reception Curriculum.
Key Stage 1 and 2 – Science
We follow the national curriculum.
In Year 1, we teach science in line with our multi-academy trust’s ‘Extend Early Curriculum’.
We follow the HEP Science scheme of work in Year 2-6. We moved to HEP science in the 2025/2026 academic year. This programme is rolled out to years 3-6 - each following their respective year group. Although years 4, 5 and 6 will not have had the HEP science approach from the beginning, teachers are using in lessons formative assessment to bridge any gaps that may appear.
Curriculum Overview
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Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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Year 1 |
Animals including Humans – longitudinal study |
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Seasonal changes – longitudinal study |
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Everyday materials |
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Everyday materials
Plants |
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Everyday materials |
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Year 2 |
Living Things and Their Habitats |
Uses of Everyday Materials |
Uses of Everyday Materials |
Animals including Humans |
Animals including Humans |
Plants |
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Year 3 |
Plants Parts of plants, needs of plants and their life cycle. |
Rocks Comparing different rocks, fossils, soil formation |
Light Light sources, how light reflected off objects, how shadows form, changing shadows, eye protection |
Animals including humans Nutrition, Musculoskeletal system for support, movement, and protection |
Forces and magnets Non-contact forces, attraction and repulsion of magnets, magnetic materials and the N and S pole of magnets |
Bee project A look at the relationship between bees and their environment; importance in pollination, food and other resource. |
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Year 4 |
States of matter/ solids, liquids and gases Group materials based on their properties, changes of state, heating and cooling, the water cycle |
Animals including humans Eating, teeth, digestive system and food chains, producers, predators and prey. |
Sound Making sounds, vibrations, the ear, changes in pitch and volume |
Living things and their habitats Classification, characteristics, and the effects of environmental changes |
Electricity Appliances, building circuits and identifying components, circuit diagnostics, conductors and insulators |
The History of Science This unit focuses on the development of scientific theories by a diverse range of scientists and inventors, both historical and contemporary. |
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Year 5 |
Properties and changes of materials Classifying materials, Dissolving, separating and changes of state, uses of materials, reversible and irreversible changes |
Animals including humans Life cycles, plant and animal reproduction, human life cycle |
Forces Gravity, air resistance, water resistance and friction between moving surfaces, multiplying forces using levers, pulleys and gears |
Living things and their habitats Classifying living things, Life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects and birds |
Earth and space The movement of Earth, other planets and the Moon in relation to the Sun and each other, spherical bodies, night and day |
Properties and changes of materials The Scientific Method The unit looks at the steps that scientists follow when thinking about a problem and how to solve it. |
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Year 6 |
Animals including humans Human circulatory system, effects of lifestyle on the body, nutrients transportation, blood disorders
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Animals including humans Life cycles, plant and animal reproduction, human life cycle |
Electricity Electrical appliances, batteries and voltage, parts of a circuit, circuit diagrams, electrical safety, history of electricity |
Evolution and inheritance Variations, adaptations, plant adaptation, fossils, key figures in evolution |
Living things and their habitats Classifying living things, microorganisms, local habitats, Carl Linnaeus |
Preparing for secondary science Improving observations, acid or alkali, separate colours, photosynthesis, changing sound, transforming energy |
