TERM 1: AUTUMN TERM

TERM 2: SPRING TERM

TERM 3: SUMMER TERM

YEAR GROUP

T1a

T1b

T2a

T2b

T3a

T3b

Year 5

Feel the Force

Describe the effects of simple contact and non-contact forces

.Earth and Beyond

Describe the movement of the Earth and other planets in the solar system relative to the Sun.

Light up Your World

Explain how we see luminous and non-luminous objects and describe how light travels.

Get Sorted

Compare and group together everyday materials based on evidence from comparative and fair tests.

Everyday Materials

Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for specific uses of everyday

materials.

Materials: All Change

Explore changes that do and do not result in the formation of new substances.

Plants, Reproduction and Life Cycles

Observe changes around us over periods of time.

Describe and explain the life processes of plants, including reproduction.

Animals, Reproduction and Life Cycles

Describe and explain the life processes of animals, including reproduction.

Year 6

Danger: Low Voltage!

Understand how to make, use and represent simple electrical circuits.

Body Pump

Explain the main parts and functions of the human circulatory system.

Body Health

 Understand the impact of lifestyle choices.

Marvellous Mixtures

Use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating

Our Changing World

Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways.

The Nature Library

Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics.

Everything Changes

Recognise the basic principles of both inheritance and evolution.

Year 7

Introduction to the Lab

Mixtures and Separation

Carry out simple separation techniques e.g. filtration, evaporation, distillation and chromatography.

Cells,Tissues, Organs and Systems

Describe the structure and function of cells.

Forces

Describe, measure and represent a range of contact and non-contact forces.

Acids and Alkalis

Explore, classify and understand the uses of a range of common acids and alkalis.

Sexual Reproduction in Animals

Describe the process of reproduction in animals.

Current Electricity

Explain the principles of current, potential difference and resistance in series and parallel electrical circuits.

The Particle Model

Understand the arrangement and behaviour of particles in the solid, liquid and gaseous states.

Atoms, Elements and Molecules

Identify elements, mixtures and compounds from descriptions and particle diagrams.

Sound

Describe the key features and principles of waves and understand waves as a mode of energy transfer.

Energy

Explore  how energy is stored, released and transferred.

Year 8

Re-introduction to the Lab

Food and Nutrition

Describe the biological process of digestion and understand the importance of a balanced diet.

Light

Describe how light travels and interacts with different media.

The Periodic Table

Understand how to group elements based on their physical properties and chemical behaviour.

Breathing and Respiration

Understand the process of gas exchange and how energy is released in the body.

Metals and their Uses

Describe the common properties of metals and explain how they react with acids, water and oxygen.

Energy Transfers

Understand how energy is stored and transferred in the home.

Plants & Reproduction

Describe the process of. reproduction in plants.

Earth and Space

Describe the Earth’s position within the Solar System in relation to stars, constellations and galaxies.

Fluids

Describe how the density of objects and the pressure within a fluid can be explained in terms of the particle model.

Combustion

Explain how hydrogen and hydrocarbons react with oxygen.

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