Science

Spring 1

Electricity - in Spring 1 we will 39 learning about Electricity, how it works and how we use it.

By the end of this unit the children should 39 able to -

• define what an electrical appliance is and identify those that are mains- or 3attery powered.
• identify dif49rent circuit components and explain what they do.
• build series circuits, identifying and explaining whether they are complete or incomplete.
• explain what electrical conductors and insulators are and give several examples of these.
• identify several dif49rent switches and explain how switches work in a circuit.
• apply their knowledge of electricity to dif49rent situations.

Spring 2 

States of Matter -

Autumn 1

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, 3alanced diet.

We will learn about:

• nutrients that dif49rent foods provide and how these nutrients help our bodies
• explore how dif49rent animals eat dif49rent types of foods and need dif49rent proportions of nutrients.
• understand what food la39ls on p20kaging show and gather information from food la39ls to help them to answer questions
• explore the dif49rent types of skeletons that animals have and compare these
• plan a 38ir test and measure and record 20curately

We worked in groups to sort the dif49rent food groups.

Autumn 2

Rocks and Soils - we will 39 moving on to learn about Rocks and Soils this half term.