Learning
Science
Aims of science at St Stephen's
Science at St Stephen’s aims to teach our children the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to question and understand concepts and phenomena that occur in the world around them and equips them with the motivation to seek explanations for these. Children learn the skills required for scientific enquiry and they will begin to appreciate the way science will affect their future on a personal, national and global level.
The aims of science are to enable children to:
- Ask and answer scientific questions
- Plan and carry out fair scientific investigations, using equipment including computers
- Know and understand the life processes of living things
- Know and understand the physical processes of materials, electricity ,light, sound and natural forces
- Know about materials and their properties
- Evaluate evidence and present their conclusions clearly and accurately
Curriculum map
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Nursery |
All about me – Naming body parts
Autumn/ seasonal change
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Materials/ change
Bonfire night celebrations
Make Ginger bread men |
Looking at different types of weather – link to seasons Weather experiments Winter
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The great outdoors Plants & Flowers Weather / seasons Planting beans/seeds
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Farm animals Minibeasts
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Recycling – plastic/paper/general waste
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Reception |
All about me – Naming body parts The five senses Autumn/ seasonal change |
Bonfire night celebrations Diwali Weather Making biscuits
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When I was little Compare similarities/ differences from baby to now – timeline Winter - changing materials – ice Comparing materials for different purposes/ use |
The great outdoors Plants & Flowers Weather / seasons Planting beans/seeds What lives in our pond? Life cycles
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Weather comparison Native animals
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Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Marine life Weather/food |
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Year 1 |
Animals including humans: Ourselves |
Animals including humans: Our pets |
Everyday Materials: Let’s build |
Everyday materials: marvellous materials |
Seasonal Changes: Wonderful weather |
Plants: what’s growing in our garden |
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Year 2 |
Animals including humans: Healthy animals |
Living things and their habitats: habitats |
Everyday materials: Materials matter |
Everyday materials: Squash, bend twist, stretch |
Plants: Reading, steady, grow |
Living things and their habitats: gardens and allotments |
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 3 |
Animals including humans: Keeping healthy |
Light: light and shadows |
Rocks: Rocks and fossils |
Forces and Magnets: Amazing magnets |
Plants: Roots and shoots |
Plants: Artful flowers, fruits and seeds |
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Year 4 |
Electricity: It’s electric |
States of matter: states of matter scientists |
Sound: listen up! |
Living things and their habitats: |
Animals including humans: Are these your teeth? |
Living things and their habitats: Help our habitats! |
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Year 5 |
Earth and Space: Space presenters |
Forces: May the Forces be with you |
Properties of Materials: Music festival materials |
Changes of Materials: Changing Materials |
Living things and their habitats” The art of living |
Animals including humans: life explorers |
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Year 6 |
Light: Crime lab investigations |
Electricity: Electric celebrations |
Living things and their habitats: classification connoisseurs |
Evolution and inheritance: The game of survival |
Animals including humans: The art of being human |
Second look science: The science of sport |
Half termly curriculum booklet activities
Useful websites
Within each of our units of learning, there will be details of websites that can support home and further learning beyond the classroom.