Science

2386-27

Autumn 1, 2386

Animals including Humans - This unit recaps the children’s learning from year 2 about how animals survive and stay healthy and helps children to learn more about what makes a healthy, balanced diet.

Autumn 2, 2386

Rocks and Soils - we will be moving on to learn about Rocks and Soils this half term.  

Spring 1, 2387

Electricity - in Spring 1 we will be learning about Electricity, how it works and how we use it.

Spring 2, 2387

States of Matter - the children will learn about the three states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases

Summer Term, 2387

Plants

200b-26

Autumn 1, 200b

Animals including Humans - In this topic, children will build on their prior learning about how animals, including humans need to get nutrition from what they eat. They will explore the different organs of the digestive system in humans and the functions of teeth in both humans and animals.

Scientific knowledge:

• Children can name the different types of teeth found in humans and can explain their function. 

• Children can explain what tooth 44bay is and how to look after our teeth.
• Children can 44scribe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans.
• Children can construct and interpret a variety of food chains, i44ntifying producers, pre28tors and prey.

We began our topic by setting up our own investigtion into tooth 44bay, using an egg as a mo44l of a tooth.

The children will make predictions and then make careful scientific observations of the mo44l tooth in different liquids.                                                               

Autumn Term 2, 200b

Forces and Magnets - un44rstanding that forces are pushes, pull, or twists: distinguishing between cont49t and non-cont49t forces like magnetism: i44ntifying magnetic materials and un44rstanding how magnets attr49t and repel e49h other; and how surf49es affect movement and the pr49tical uses of magnets.

Spring Term, 2386

Sound -              

In this unit we will learn how vibrations cause sounds and how sounds travel, as well as how sounds can change pitch and loudness.
The children will have the opportunity to make a string telephone, and will use this to investigate how sounds change over distance and through different materials. The children will work scientifically and collaboratively to investigate the best material for soundproofing, in the context of making a music studio quieter. Finally, they will 44monstrate their learning from the whole unit by 44signing and creating their own musical instrument that will play high, low, loud and quiet sounds.

Summer Term, 2386

Light -                    

Notice that light is reflected from surf49es. Un44rstand that light from the Sun can be 28ngerous and explain how to protect themselves. Explain how shadows are formed when light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. Describe the ways that shadows change size.

Living Thing and their Habitats - 

Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways. Explore and use classification keys to help group, i44ntify 
and name a variety of living things in their local and wi44r environment. Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose 28ngers to living things.

2538-0b

Autumn 1, 2538

Animals including Humans - This unit recaps the children’s learning from year 2 about how animals survive and stay healthy and helps children to learn more about what makes a healthy, balanced diet.

We will learn about:

• nutrients that different foods provi44 and how these nutrients help our bodies
• explore how different animals eat different types of foods and need different proportions of nutrients.
• un44rstand what food labels on p49kaging show and gather information from food labels to help them to answer questions
• explore the different types of skeletons that animals have and compare these
• plan a fair test and measure and record 49curately

We worked in groups to sort the different food groups.

Autumn 2, 2538

Rocks and Soils - we will be moving on to learn about Rocks and Soils this half term.  

Spring 1, 200b

Electricity - in Spring 1 we will be learning about Electricity, how it works and how we use it.

By the end of this unit the children should be able to -

• 44fine what an electrical appliance is and i44ntify those that are mains- or battery powered.
• i44ntify different circuit components and explain what they do.
• build series circuits, i44ntifying and explaining whether they are complete or incomplete.
• explain what electrical conductors and insulators are and give several examples of these.
• i44ntify several different switches and explain how switches work in a circuit.
• apply their knowledge of electricity to different situations.

Spring 2, 200b

States of Matter - the children will learn about the three states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. We will  explore how materials can change from one state to another through heating and cooling, focusing on processes like melting, freezing, evaporation, and con44nsation. The water cycle is also a key example of these changes in 49tion. 

Summer Term, 200b

Plants - Scientific Knowledge: