Science
Science Progression
Science Curriculum Overview 2024
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Year 1 | Who am I? (SOS Unit 1) (Animals, including humans)
| Marvellous materials (Everyday materials)
| Amazing animals (Animals, including humans)
| Growing plants (Plants)
| Minibeasts and their habitats (Animals, including humans)
| Seasonal Changes |
Year 2 | Healthy Me (SOS Unit 1) (Animals, including humans)
| Materials Monster (SOS Unit 2) (Use of everyday materials)
| Our Local Environment (SOS Unit 4) (Living things and their habitats)
| Squash, bend, twist and stretch (SOS Unit 3) (Non-statutory)
| Young gardeners (SOS Unit 5) (Living things and their habitats, Plants)
| Little Masterchefs (SOS Unit 6) (Science in Action Topic) |
Year 3
| Rocks, Soils and Fossils (Rocks) | Forces and Magnets (Forces and magnets)
| Food and our bodies (Animals including humans)
| How does your garden grow? (Plants)
| Light and Shadows (Light)
| Investigate! The Nappy Challenge (Science in Action Topic) |
Year 4
| Teeth and Eating (Animals, including humans)
| Power it up! (Electricity)
| What’s that sound? (Sound)
| Living things (Living things and their habitats)
| Looking at states (States of matter)
| Investigate! The Big Build (Science in Action Topic) |
Year 5
| Let’s get moving (Forces)
| Material world (Properties and changing materials)
| Out of this world (Earth and Space)
| Growing up and growing old (Animals, including humans)
| Circle of life (Living things and their habitats) | Investigate! Amazing changes
(Science in Action Topic) |
Year 6
| Healthy Bodies (Animals, including humans)
| Light (Light)
| Electricity (Electricity)
| Classifying living things (Living things and their habitats)
| Evolution and inheritance (Evolution and inheritance)
| Investigate! The Titanic (Science in Action Topic) |