Science

KS1 Science

In Science year 1 and year 2 learn about their bodies. They learn how to label the main parts of their body and what some of their organs do. The year 2's made some fantastic skeletons and learnt the names of some bones. We all had a lot of fun learning how we change as we get older and drawing self-portraits of what we think we will look like when we are very old people! We sorted things into living and non-living things and we found out that some things are not alive but have come from living things.

At the moment we are learning how to sort materials in different ways. We have found out that some materials are natural and some are manufactured. We were surprised that so many natural materials have been altered in some way before they are used e.g. polished stones, coloured woollen gloves, wooden chairs and leather boots. We have made some interesting natural material collages and manufactured material collages.

KS 2 Science

In KS 2 the emphasis is very much on learning and developing investigative skills. These include planning, predicting and interpreting results of investigations. Children within the key stage work within groups to carry out their investigations, using their own initiative to organise their ideas and resources.

Topics are taught over two years.

Year 3/4

• Teeth and Eating
• Helping plants grow well
• Characteristics of materials
• Rocks and soils
• Magnets and springs
• Light and shadows
• Moving and growing
• Habitats
• Keeping warm
• Solids and Liquids
• Friction
• Electricity

Year 5/6

• Earth, Sun and Moon
• How we see things
• Circuits
• Keeping healthy
• Gases around us
• Reversible changes
• Life cycles
• Changing state
• Independence and adaptation
• Micro organisms
• More about dissolving
• Irreversible changes
• Balanced and unbalanced forces