St Martin & St Mary Church ofEngland Primary School

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Science

St Martin and St Mary C of E Primary School

Science Subject Progression Grid

Science - Curriculum Subject Statement

Core Values

Early Years

Foundation Stage

Key Stage 1

Key Stage 2

Love, Honesty, Faith

Children explore the natural world around them, making observations of animals and plants. They understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter. Science gives children the opportunities to find out and gather experiences which they need to understand the world in which we live.

Key Stage 1 children will begin to ask questions to feed their curiosity and they will gain confidence in the knowledge that questioning is a positive and vital aspect of science. They will start to create tests to help answer their questions. We want children to develop a curiosity about (and begin to understand) how processes are working around them; beginning to challenge preconceived ideas of how and why.

Through our science curriculum, we want children to develop an excellent understanding of how phenomena in our world works. Key Stage 2 children will begin to link key scientific concepts together, understanding how knowledge and ideas build on one another. Children will be equipped to test a range of scientific hypothesis, ask scientific questions about our world and also respond critically to…

Purpose of study

A high-quality science education provides the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics. Science has changed our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all pupils should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. Through building up a body of key foundational knowledge and concepts, pupils should be encouraged to recognise the power of rational explanation and develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena. They should be encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave, and analyse causes.

National Curriculum Subject Aims

The national curriculum for science aims to ensure that all pupils:
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.

EYFS/National Curriculum Subject Content

EYFS	Key Stage 1
Understanding the World The Natural World Children explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants Children know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences Children understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.	Working Scientifically During years 1 and 2, pupils should be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content: asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways observing closely, using simple equipment performing simple tests identifying and classifying using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions gathering and recording data to help in answering questions.	Year 1	Animals, including humans		Everyday materials		Plants
			Seasonal changes
		Year 2	The Environment & seasons	Changing materials	Forces	Plants	Animals, including humans	Living things and their habitats

Lower Key Stage 2

Working Scientifically

During years 3 and 4, pupils should be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content:

asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests
making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers
gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions
recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables
reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions
using results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions
identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes
using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings.

Year 3

Animals including humans

Forces and magnets

Light

Rocks

Plants

Year 4

Sound

Electricity

Animals, including humans

States of matter

Living things and their habitats

Upper Key Stage 2

Working Scientifically

During years 5 and 6, pupils should be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content:

planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary

taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate
recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests
reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations
identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.

Year 5

Properties and changes of materials

Forces

Living things and their habitats

Earth and space

Animals including humans

Year 6

Living things and their habitats

Evolution and inheritance

Animals including humans

Electricity

Light

Science Education Subject Overview Grid
Year Group	EYFS - Nursery	EYFS - Nursery	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Aut 1	Healthy lifestyles Seasonal changes- Autumn	Healthy lifestyles Seasonal changes- Autumn	Animals including humans	The environment & seasons	Animals including humans	Sound	Properties and changes of materials	Living things and their habitats
Aut 2	Natural Processes	Natural Processes	Animals including humans	Changing materials	Forces – Air resistance and friction	Electricity	Properties and changes of materials	Evolution and inheritance
Spr 1	Weather	Seasonal changes – Winter	Everyday materials	Forces	Forces – and magnets	Animals including humans - Digestion	Forces	Animals including humans
Spr 2	Weather	Life cycles Animals	Everyday materials	Plants	Light	Animals including humans	Living things and their habitats	Electricity
Sum 1	Plants Seasonal changes- Spring	Plants Seasonal changes- Spring	Plants	Animals including humans	Rocks	States of matter	Space	Light
Sum 2	Seasonal changes - Summer	Seasonal changes - Summer	Seasonal Changes	Living things and their habitats	Plants	Living things and their habitats	Animals including humans

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