We follow the Science National Curriculum closely, ensuring that all children:

• 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.

To ensure whole school coherency and progression, the school uses the White Rose Science scheme of learning. The White Rose Science programme supports progression throughout the primary years providing both knowledge rich resources and practical, hands-on experiences and investigations.

Units:

Year 1: The Human body, Materials, Animals, Plants, Seasonal changes, Growing and cooking

Year 2: Animals including humans, Uses of everyday materials, Plants, Living things & their habitats, Growing up

Year 3: Animals including humans, Rocks, Light, Plants, Forces and Magnets

Year 4: Living things and their habitats, States of matter, Sound, Electricity, Animals including humans

Year 5: Forces, Earth and Space, Properties and changes of materials, Animals including humans, Living things and their habitats

Year 6: Living things and their habitats, Electricity, Light, Evolution and inheritance, Animals including humans

As children are taught the content of each unit, they are given opportunities to develop their ‘working scientifically’ skills across a range of areas throughout the school year. These are consolidated at the end of the year and returned to each subsequent year in more depth:

· Ask questions

· Answer questions and make conclusions

· Gather, record and classify data

· Take measurements

· Make observations

· Plan

· Present findings

· Evaluate