Science in EYFS
- Spring 1- Dinosaurs – living things
- Spring 2- New life – eggs and chicks, living things.
- Summer 1- Rainforests – habitats, climate, animals and plants.
Science in KS1/KS2
| Y1 | Y2 | Y3/4 | Y5/6 | |
| Autumn 1.1 | 3 weeks plants, 2 weeks seasons | 1 week seasons, 4 weeks plants. | Living things and their Habitats and Classification | States of Matter |
| Autumn 1.2 | Continued from above | Continued from above | States of Matter | Living things and their habitats and classification |
| Autumn 2.1 | 3 weeks Materials, 2 weeks forces | 3 weeks materials, 1 week forces. | Earth and Space | Animals including Humans |
| Autumn 2.2 | Continued from above | Continued from above | Animals including humans | Earth and space |
| Spring 1.1 | Animals including Humans | Animals including humans | Forces and Magnets | Electricity and energy |
| Spring 1.2 | Continued from above | Continued from above | Electricity and energy | Forces and magnets |
| Spring 2.1 | Plants | Plants | Rocks | Plants |
| Spring 2.2 | Continued from above | Continued from above | Plants | Y5: RocksY6: Evolution, Inheritance and Fossils |
| Summer 1.1 | Materials | Materials | Light and Sound | Y5: Living things and their habitats part#2 Y6: SATs |
| Summer 1.2 | Continued from above plus 1 week seasons | Continued from above | Living things and their Habitats and Classification part#2 | Light and Sound |
| Summer 2.1 | Living things and their habitats | Properties of materials | Environmental issues:Global warmingPollution | |
| Summer 2.2 | As above | Environmental issues:Global warmingPollutionPlastics | Properties of materials |
Science in KS3
| Y7 | Y8 | Y9 | |
| Autumn 1 | Lab Skills Human body: organs, tissues, cells. | Combustion Periodic table | Key concepts in biology |
| Autumn 2 | Human body: sexual reproduction. fitness, skeleton, muscles and blood. | Metals Rocks | Cells and control |
| Autumn 3 | Adaptation and the environment | Food and nutrition, plants and their plant reproduction | Genetics |
| Autumn 4 | Solutions, mixtures and separation | Breathing and respiration | Motion |
| Spring 1 | Acids and Alkalis | Simple life – single celled organisms | Forces and motion |
| Spring 2 | Particle model Atoms, elements and molecules. | Fluids: particle model Density, pressure and drag | Conservation of energy |
| Spring 3 | Energy: from food; transfers; fuels. | Light and sound | States of matter and methods of separating and purifying substances. |
| Spring 4 | Current electricity, Forces | Energy transfers | Atomic structure |
| Summer 1 | Waves | Earth and Space | Periodic table |
| Summer 2 | Light and Sound | Earth and space | Ionic and covalent bonding |
| Summer 3 | Project work | Project work | Revision and assessment |
| Summer 4 | Project work | Project work | Project work |
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