Science

EYFS

  • Spring 1- Dinosaurs – living things
  • Spring 2- New life – eggs and chicks, living things.
  • Summer 1- Rainforests – habitats, climate, animals and plants.

KS1

  • Autumn 1 – Plants and seasons
  • Autumn 2 – Materials and forces
  • Spring 1 – Animals including humans
  • Spring 2 – Plants
  • Summer 1 – Materials
  • Summer 2 – Living things and their habitats

KS2

We teach KS2 Science on a two year cycle:

2025/2026 and 2027/2028

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Autumn 1

States of Matter

States of Matter

Animals including Humans

Animals including Humans

Autumn 2

Animals including Humans

Animals including Humans

States of Matter

States of Matter

Spring 1

Electricity and Energy

Electricity and Energy

Plants

Plants

Spring 2

Plants

Plants

Electricity and Energy

Electricity and Energy

Summer 1

Environmental Issues

Environmental Issues

Living Things and Their Habitat

Living Things and Their Habitat

Summer 2

Living Things and Their Habitat

Living Things and Their Habitat

Environmental Issues

Environmental Issues

2026/2027 and 2028/2029

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Autumn 1

Living Things, their Habitats and Classification

Living Things and their Habitats and Classification

Earth and Space

Earth and Space

Autumn 2

Earth and Space

Earth and Space 

Living Things, their Habitats and Classification

Living Things, their Habitats and Classification

Spring 1

Forces and Magnets

Forces and Magnets 

Rocks / Evolution, Inheritance and Fossils

Rocks / Evolution, Inheritance and Fossils

Spring 2

Rocks

Rocks 

Forces and Magnets

Forces and Magnets

Summer 1

Light and Sound

Light and Sound 

Properties of Materials

Properties of Materials

Summer 2

Properties of Materials

Properties of Materials 

Light and Sound

Light and Sound

 

KS3

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Autumn 1

Lab skills


Space

Food and nutrition

Key concepts in biology

Autumn 2

Energy

Motion

Motion

Autumn 3

Atoms and atomic structure

Periodic table

States of matter and methods of separating and purifying substances.

Autumn 4

Cells and their function

Respiration

Transporting substances in cells

Spring 1

Elements and compounds

Thermal energy

Forces and motion

Spring 2

Human reproduction

Reactions

Atomic structure

Spring 3

Forces and their effect

Genetics

Cells and control

Spring 4

Mixtures and acids

Forces in action

Periodic table

Summer 1

Waves (light and sound)

Structure and bonding

Conservation of energy

Summer 2

Ecosystems

Electricity

Genetics

Summer 3

Project work

Plants

Ionic and covalent bonding

Summer 4

Project work

Project work

Energy transfers