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Science

Doing science investigations are fun, interesting and serious, as I don't know what is going to happen. 

 Year 4 are completing labelled diagrams based on the digestive system. 

We follow the Developing Experts scheme of work across the school.

Across the year groups, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, pupils will cover the following approaches and skills:

Approaches

  • Comparative / fair testing
  • Research
  • Observation over time
  • Pattern seeking
  • Identifying, grouping and classifying
  • Problem-solving

Skills

  • Asking questions
  • Making predictions
  • Setting up tests
  • Observing and measuring
  • Recording data, results and findings
  • Interpreting and communicating results
  • Evaluating

Across all classes, there is a progression of knowledge as follows: 

  • Animals, including humans
  • Living things and their habitats
  • Plants
  • Evolution and inheritance
  • Materials
  • Seasonal changes
  • Rocks
  • States of matter
  • Earth and space
  • Light
  • Forces
  • Electricity
  • Sound