Science
At John Hellins Primary School, we teach our science curriculum throughout the year, where possible linking it to our classroom theme/topic.
The curriculum has been designed so that the children’s knowledge and skills progress as they move through the school, building on their prior learning. In science, pupils will learn about key scientific concepts; this is known as substantive knowledge (understanding concepts and theories in chemistry, biology and physics). Pupils will work scientifically to build on these scientific concepts and work practically. This is known as disciplinary knowledge and working scientifically.
It is designed to have numerous opportunities for cross-curricular work and supports the teachers by providing them with the structure they need, and also the knowledge and skills they need to impart to the children. The curriculum is structured so that the children’s skills and knowledge develop through the school, building on existing facts and being able to draw on schemata in the long-term memory to better understand and place new information and scientific concepts.
Here is an outline of what is taught for each year group. If you would like more specific information about the science curriculum, please do get in touch.
|
Year Group |
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
|
Theme |
|
|
|
|
EYFS |
Celebrations - Me and All Around Me and Bright Lights! (birthdays, celebrations, colours and magic) |
Animals across the Globe (Arctic and cold places, the underwater and by the sea) |
Traditional Tales (retelling and recreating) |
|
|
Seasonal changes – to talk about the world around them changing – leaves falling/changing colours, conkers, leaves, acorns and pinecones.
|
Plants and Space – to name and explore planets. Compare plants in the local environment. |
Living things in their habitats – to name different animals and habitats. |
|
1 |
All About Me/Me and My Shadow/We are Family |
Bright Lights, Big City |
Into the Jungle |
|
|
Animals including humans |
Everyday materials |
Seasonal changes and plants |
|
2 |
Explorers |
Castles and Monarchs |
Who Wants to Be Famous? |
|
Living things and their habitats and plants |
Animals, including humans |
Materials |
|
|
3 |
Stone Age/Flintstones |
Rainforests and Our Planet |
Emperors and Empires |
|
Rocks and fossils
Animals, including humans and nutrition.
|
Plants and light |
Forces and Magnets
|
|
|
4 |
Vikings. Anglo Saxons, Scots and Warriors |
Extreme Environments |
Egyptians/Walk like an Egyptian |
|
Sound and state of matter
|
Living things and their habitats
Electricity
|
Animals, including humans
|
|
|
5 |
A taste of the Orient |
Space – The Final Frontier |
All Greek to Me |
|
Properties and the changes of materials. |
Forces
Earth and Space
|
Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans
|
|
|
6 |
Conflict and War |
Our Changing World/Be the Change |
Africa |
|
Light
|
Living things and their habitats
|
Animals, including humans
|