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
EYFS/National Curriculum Subject Content
EYFS | Key Stage 1 | |||||||
Understanding the World
Children explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants
differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences
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:
| 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:
| 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:
| 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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