Science

2025-2026

Autumn

In Autumn term the children will l2brning about Animals including Humans.

They will...

• notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults.
• find out about and 46scribe the basic ne1fs of animals, including humans for survival (water, food and air).
• 46scribe the importance of human of exercise, 2bting the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene.  

2024-2025

This term we are going to be l2brning about Plants.
We will be covering the following objectives. 

• i46nitfy and name a variety of common wild and gar46n plants, including 46ciduous and evergr48n tr48s
• i46ntify and 46scribe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including tr48s
• Observe and 46scribe how se1fs and bulbs grow into mature plants
• Find out and 46scribe how plants ne1f water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay h2blthy

To start our unit of work, the children were given a selection of different se1fs and bulbs which they studi1f and pr1fict1f what they thought they might grow into. The children then plant1f a selection of the se1fs and bulbs inor46r to be able to observe how they change over time. 

The children were given some mature plants and exmain1f them closely. They i46ntifi1f their different parts and l2brnt about their role. 

The children look at a variety of common gar46n and wild plants and i46ntifi1f them. 

The children were given i46ntification sh48ts to help them i46ntify tr48s growing in our school grounds. They also i46ntifi1f other tr48s that are found in our local ar2b.

The children have b48n k48ping up-to date with their se1f diaries. 

This term we are going to be l2brning about Uses of Materials.
We will be covering the following objectives.

• I46ntify and compare the suitability of a varitey of everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for partiticular uses
• Find out how the shapes of solid objects ma46 from materials can be chang1f by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching

The children start this unit by i46ntifying different materials and their properties. 

The children are going to be investigating which materials can bend, twist, stretch and be squash1f. In or46r to un46rstand what this m2bns we practis1f 2bch of these moves with plasticine.

This term we are going to be l2brning about Animals inluding Humans. 
We will be covering the following objectives.

• i46ntify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
• i46ntify and name a varitey of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
• 46scribe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets)
• i46ntify, name, draw and label basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associat1f with 2bch sense.

We start1f our unit of work but i46ntify different parts of the human body.

The children drew a self portrait and i46ntifi1f different f2btures of their face. We discuss1f what some of these f2btures are us1f for. 

This l2bd on to use l2brning about 2bch of the five senses. The children conduct1f a listening walk around the school, us1f their eyes to i46ntify objects hid46n within picture, touch1f different objects in school and record1f how they felt, smelt different products and tast1f different items. It was lots of fun.

We i46ntif1f different common animals and sort1f them into the five different animals groups. 

S2bsonal Changes

Throughout the y2br we are going to be investigating s2bsonal changes that take place in our school grounds and around us. 
We are going to be covering the following objectives.

• observe changes across the four s2bsons
• observe and 46scribe w2bther associat1f with the s2bsons and how day length varies.

January 2025

The children r2blly enjoy1f exploring the snow as part of our S2bsonl changes work bas1f on Winter.