Primary
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11

Primary

A successful primary scientist should not just be able to learn scientific knowledge and vocabulary, but be able to apply it through questioning, observation and conducting investigations or solving problems. All pupils are taught how to gather, record and discuss data whether this be through simple sorting tasks or more in-depth investigations.  We believe that our science curriculum should link strongly to our curriculum goal of developing the ‘whole child’ and as such we ensure that pupils have many opportunities for outdoor learning linked to science. The curriculum is planned to be practical and interactive; ensuring we make good use of the equipment and laboratories based in our secondary school. Specific links are regularly made to our reading and writing curriculums, ensuring pupils have the opportunities to transfer skills and knowledge between these subjects. In addition, we contextualise out science curriculum in the ‘real world’ by introducing pupils to scientific careers and the people that work in them. 

Reception

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
To talk about their personal history, family and present lives
To create expressions of self and discuss how and why they have done so linking to knowledge of their own world
To talk about and use technology e.g. to take photos and show photos of family/friends/activities/experiences.
To show care and concern for each other
 		 To talk about and describe the world around them 
To discuss familiar celebrations and talk about times and events that are important to them and their friends (link to and preparation for ELG: similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country) 
To recognise and talk about similarities and differences 
To enjoy jokes (link C+L and PSED) 
Spring 1 Spring 2
To notice changes and effects of actions
To hypothesize about how things work and why things happen
To ask big questions and speculate
To work with support to find out why things happen/answer big questions
To develop fascinations
To be able to talk articulately about things they have enjoyed discovering/know lots about
To make plans, have a go, and make changes to make things work
 		 To spot places of interest on maps
To talk about where animals live in relation to maps and climate
To make observational drawings/paintings of animals
To find out about vertebrates and invertebrates
To talk about places they have visited and things they have seen
To talk about places they have heard about and would like to go in the future.
Summer 1 Summer 2

To spot places of interest on maps
To talk about where animals live in relation to maps and climate
To make observational drawings/paintings of animals
To find out about vertebrates and invertebrates
To talk about places they have visited and things they have seen
To talk about places they have heard about and would like to go in the future.

 To talk about things that happened in the past
To talk about important processes and changes in the world around us
To talk about changes of state (seasons, lifecycles, evaporation)
To talk about how we can look after the environment

 

Year 1

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Every day materials Autumn or Winter
Spring 1 Spring 2
Animals including humans

Animals including humans

STEM Week - Dinosaurs 
Summer 1 Summer 2

Spring and Summer

STEM Week - Dinosaurs

 Plants

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - History

Year 2

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Animals including humans Use of materials
Spring 1 Spring 2
Habitats

Habitats

STEM Week: Food
Summer 1 Summer 2

Habitats: Protecting the environment

STEM Week: Food

 Plants: Bulbs and growth

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - History

Year 3

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Light Forces and Magnets
Spring 1 Spring 2
Animals including humans STEM WEEK: Outdoor Learning Explorers
Summer 1 Summer 2
Rocks Plants: Survival

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - History

Year 4

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
States of matter Animals including humans
Spring 1 Spring 2
Sound STEM WEEK: Potions and medicines
Summer 1 Summer 2
Electricity Living things and their habitats

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - History

Year 5

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Properties and changes of materials Earth and Space
Spring 1 Spring 2
Forces STEM WEEK: We are engineers
Summer 1 Summer 2
Animals including humans Living things and their habitats

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - History

Year 6

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Evolution and Inheritance Electricity
Spring 1 Spring 2
Light STEM WEEK: Space   
Summer 1 Summer 2
Animals including humans

Living things and their habitats

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - History

Year 7

Autumn 1Autumn 2

B1.1 Cells,

C1.1 Particles

P1.1 Forces, 

B1.2 Reproduction

Spring 1Spring 2

C1.2 Atoms, Elements & Compounds, 

P1.2 Space

B1.3 Interdependence
Summer 1Summer 2

C1.3 Mixtures, 

P1.3 Energy Transfers

P1.4 Electric Circuits (Current & Potential Difference)

All Year 7 subjects Next Year 7 Subject - History

Year 8

Autumn 1Autumn 2

B2.1 Tissues and Organs, 

C2.1 Acids and Alkalis

P2.1 Movement and Pressure, 

B2.2 Respiration and Photosynthesis

Spring 1Spring 2

C2.2 Changing substances,

P2.2 Magnetism

B2.3 Life diversity, 

C2.3 Earth systems

Summer 1Summer 2

P2.3 Electric circuits – resistance, 

B2.4 Nutrition

P2.4 Light

All Year 8 subjects Next Year 8 Subject - History

Year 9

Autumn 1Autumn 2

B3.1 Growth and differentiation,

C3.1 The periodic table

P3.1 Acceleration, 

B3.2 Human interaction

Spring 1Spring 2

C3.2 Introduction to quantitative chemistry,

P3.2 Heating

B3.3 Genetics
Summer 1Summer 2

C3.3 Using resources,

 P3.3 Sound and waves

P3.4 Home electricity

All Year 9 subjects Next Year 9 Subject - History

Year 10

Autumn 1Autumn 2

B4.1 The Digestive System, 

C4.1 Structure and Bonding,

P4.1 Matter

B4.2 Circulation and respiration, 

C4.2 Extraction of Metals, 

P4.2 Energy Conservation

Spring 1Spring 2

B4.3 Plants and material cycling, 

C4.3 Quantitative Chemistry

P4.3 Movement
Summer 1Summer 2

B4.4 Health and disease, 

C4.4 Energy changes, 

P4.4 Electric circuits and energy

P4.5 Radioactivity, 

B4.5 Ecology

All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - History

Year 11

Autumn 1Autumn 2

B5.1 Feedback and control, 

C5.1 Carbon chemistry, 

P5.1 EM Radiation, 

B5.2 Controlling Reproduction

C5.2 Controlling reactions, 

P5.2 Force fields, 

B5.3 Controlling nature 

Spring 1Spring 2

C5.3 Our Atmosphere, 

B5.4 Evolution, 

C5.4 Chemical analysis

Revision
Summer 1Summer 2
Revision and GCSE ExamsRevision and GCSE Exams

All Year 11 subjects Next Year 11 Subject - History