We believe that a knowledge-rich curriculum provides our pupils with the power of knowledge which will help them not only unlock future learning but allow them to understand their world around them in a more deeper way.
We teach Science as a discreet subject at Brickhill Primary School throughout Year 1 to Year 6 in order to protect the discipline of the subject and provide our pupils with valued, specific and well-sequenced knowledge.
This year, we are making stronger links between the learning that takes place in Foundation Stage to our curriculum in Years 1 to 6. This includes Year R exploring the following topics, where clear Science links are made:
| Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
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All about me (Geography) |
Transport: Past and Present (History) |
Space (Science) |
Dinosaurs (History and Science) |
Growing and Changing (Science and Geography) |
Kings and Queens (History) |
To support our teaching of Science, we use planning materials from the Primary Knowledge Curriculum. An overview of this learning can be found below:
| Y1 | Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
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| Y1 | The Human Body Naming parts of the body, the five senses and associated body parts, understanding sensory impairment. |
Animals and their Needs Living things, naming animals, grouping animals, describing animals, how plants and animals obtain food, offspring, caring for animal babies, caring for pets. |
Seasons and Weather The four seasons, tools to record the weather, daily weather and weather forecasts, weather symbols, weather around the world, floods and hurricanes. |
Taking care of the Earth The Earth’s natural resources, conservation of natural resources, logging, recycling, how pollution is caused and can be prevented. |
Plants What plants need to grow, the parts and functions of plants, food production, flowers and seeds, deciduous and evergreen. |
Materials and Magnets Classification of materials, magnets, magnetic attraction. |
| Y2 | Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
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| Y2 |
The Human Body The skeletal and muscular systems, exercise, digestive system and healthy eating, circulatory system, preventing illness, germs and disease, animals and their offspring. |
Living Things and Their Environments Habitats: rainforest, desert, meadow and underground habitats. Food chains, oceans and undersea habitats, deep ocean habitats and habitat destruction and damage. |
Electricity Circuits, conductive and non-conductive materials, safety rules. |
Plants Seeds and bulbs, plants and water, light, temperature, healthy plants. |
Materials and Matter Comparing materials, changing materials, concepts of atoms, matter, solids, liquids, gases. |
Astronomy Our solar system, orbit and rotation, sun, moon, planets, stars, constellations. |
| Y3 | Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
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| Y3 |
The Human Body The digestive system, teeth and senses, a healthy diet, nutrition, vitamins and minerals, skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement. |
Cycles in Nature Seasonal cycles and plants, animal migration. Life cycles of a plant and a frog. |
Light How light travels, shadows, transparent and opaque objects, reflection; mirrors: plane, concave, convex; how shadows change throughout the day. |
Plants Functions of plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers; life and growth; variety of plants; water transportation; seed formation and dispersal. |
Rocks Sorting rocks, how rocks are formed, hardness and permeability, fossils, soil. |
Forces and Magnets Forces, friction, magnets, magnetic poles, magnetic fields, law of magnetic attraction, compasses. |
| Y4 | Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
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| Y4 |
The Human Body The muscular system, the skeletal system, the digestive system, teeth. |
Classification of Plants and Animals Cold-blooded or warm-blooded, vertebrates or invertebrates, characteristics of animal classes, classification of plants. |
Ecology Habitats, inter-dependence of organisms and their environment, producers, consumers and decomposers, food webs, predators and prey, human threats to the environment. |
Sound How sound is created, how sound travels, sound waves, speed of sound, pitch, intensity, the human voice, hearing, the human ear. |
States of Matter and the Water Cycle Change of state, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, humidity, groundwater. |
Electricity Electric current, circuits, switches, conductors and insulators. |
| Y5 | Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
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| Y5 |
The Human Body Human growth stages, adolescence and puberty, the human reproductive system, the endocrine system. |
Materials Properties—solubility, conductivity, flexibility, fair testing, solubility, separation of mixtures, reversible changes—dissolving, mixing, change of state. |
Living Things Life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird; life process of reproduction in some plants and animals; photosynthesis; vascular and non-vascular plants. |
Forces Gravity, friction, air resistance, water resistance, pulleys, gears and levers. |
Astronomy The Big Bang theory, gravity, the Universe, our Solar System, the moon and our galactic neighbourhood. |
Meteorology Weather and climate, the atmosphere, the ozone layer, air movement and wind direction, cold and warm fronts, thunder and lightning. |
| Y6 | Autumn A | Autumn B | Spring A | Spring B | Summer A | Summer B |
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| Y6 |
The Human Body The circulatory system, the heart, the blood vessels, the blood, blood pressure and heart rate, changes to humans as we get older. |
Classification of Living Things Classifying organisms, plant and animal cells, fungi, protists, monera, taxonomy, Latin names, vertebrates. |
Electricity Brightness, buzzers, voltage, switches, simple circuits and symbols. |
Light How light travels, our eyes, light sources, shadows, periscopes. |
Evolution Fossils, adaptation, characteristics passing through generations, Mary Anning, Alfred Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s sketches of finches. |
Reproduction Asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction in non-flowering and flowering plants, pollination, fertilisation, reproduction in animals, growth stages. |
