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Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Autumn 1 |
Ourselves
- Identify and name the basic parts of the body.
- Draw and label the basic parts of the human body.
Senses
- Locate parts of the human body related to the senses.
Seasonal changes
- Observe changes throughout the season.
- Describe the weather
- Gather and record data to answer questions
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
- Observe closely, using senses.
- Observe changes over time.
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Human Body/Health and Growth
- Identify where internal parts of the body are located
- Talk about the purpose of internal body parts in basic terms
- Describe the importance of exercise, a balanced diet and hygiene for humans
- Describe basic needs of animals including humans for survival
Seasonal changes/Day length
- Describe the weather associated with the seasons
- Describe how the day length changes
- Gather and record data to help answer questions
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
- Observe closely using senses
- Observe changes over time.
- Notice similarities and differences
- Identify groups and classify things
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings
- Use observation to suggest answers to questions
- Find information using secondary resources
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Autumn 2 |
Light and Dark/Nocturnal Animals
- Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited.
- Identify common nocturnal animals
Seasonal changes
- Observe changes throughout the season.
- Describe the weather
- Gather and record data to answer questions
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
- Notice similarities and differences.
- Carry out simple, comparative tests.
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings.
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Materials
- Describe how the shape of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching
- Describe ways in which some materials are changed by heating and cooling
- Recognise that some changes can be reversed
- Can clarify changes
- Describe similarities and differences between materials
- Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials
- Explain simply why some materials are particularly suitable for specific purposes
Seasonal changes/Day length
- Describe the weather associated with the seasons
- Describe how the day length changes
- Gather and record data to help answer question
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
- Observe closely using simple equipment
- Observe changes over time.
- Identify groups and classify things
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings
- Use observation to suggest answers to questions
- Find information using secondary resources
- Perform simple comparative tests
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Spring 1 |
Materials and their properties
- Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made.
- Identify and name a variety of common materials.
- Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.
- Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.
- Describe the basis for groupings of materials in everyday terms.
- Describe similarities and differences between materials.
Seasonal changes
- Observe changes throughout the season
- Describe the weather
- Gather and record data to answer questions
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
- Observe closely.
- Notice similarities and differences
- Carry out simple, comparative tests
- Identify groups and classify things
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings.
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Animals: Environments
- Describe and compare observable features of animals from a range of groups
- Describe the basic needs of animals for survival
- Describe how living things are suited to different habitats
Seasonal changes/Day length
- Describe the weather associated with the seasons
- Describe how the day length changes
- Gather and record data to help answer question
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
- Observe changes over time.
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings
- Use observation to suggest answers to questions
- Find information using primary and secondary resources
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Spring 2 |
Plants
- Recognise common garden plants, wild plants and tress
- Describe basic needs of plants for survival
- Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants and trees
Seasonal changes
- Observe changes throughout the season.
- Describe the weather
- Gather and record data to answer questions
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
- Observe closely
- Observe changes over time.
- Notice similarities and differences
- Carry out simple, comparative tests
- Identify groups and classify things
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings
- Use observation to suggest answers to questions
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Animals: Life Cycles and Food Chains
- Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals using a simple food chain
- Identify and name different sources of food
- Know that animals including humans have offspring that grow into adults
- Describe the main changes as young animals including humans grow into adults
- Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead and things that have never lived
Seasonal changes/Day length
- Describe the weather associated with the seasons
- Describe how the day length changes
- Gather and record data to help answer questions
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
Working Scientifically
- Observe closely using simple equipment
- Observe changes over time.
- Notice similarities, differences and patterns
- Identify groups and classify things
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings
- Use observation to suggest answers to questions
- Find information using secondary resources
- Perform simple comparative tests
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Summer 1 |
Animals
- Identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
- Describe and compare features of a variety of common animals
- Identify if things are alive, dead and never lived
Seasonal changes
- Observe changes throughout the season.
- Describe the weather
- Gather and record data to answer questions
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
- Observe closely using simple equipment
- Notice similarities and differences
- Identify groups and classify things
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings
- Use observation to suggest answers to questions
- Find information using secondary resources
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Plants
- Describe the main changes as seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants
- Describe the impact of changes to the basic needs of a plant
- Identify and describe the basic structure of plants and trees - see Key Vocabulary
- Begin to identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants including trees
- Compare the differences between things that are living, dead and have never lived
Seasonal changes/Day length
- Describe the weather associated with the seasons
- Describe how the day length changes
- Gather and record data to help answer question
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice
- Observe closely using simple equipment
- Observe changes over time.
- Notice similarities, differences and patterns
- Identify groups and classify things
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings
- Use observation to suggest answers to questions
- Find information using primary and secondary resources
- Perform simple comparative tests
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Summer 2 |
Animals
- Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
- Group animals according to what they eat
Seasonal changes
- Observe changes throughout the season.
- Describe the weather
- Gather and record data to answer questions
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice.
- Notice similarities and differences
- Identify groups and classify things
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings
- Find information using secondary resources
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Plants
- Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats including micro habitats
- Describe how living things are suited to different habitats
- Identify and name different sources of food
- Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals using the idea of a simple food chain
Seasonal changes/Day length
- Describe the weather associated with the seasons
- Describe how the day length changes
- Gather and record data to help answer question
Working Scientifically
- Ask own questions about what they notice
- Observe changes over time.
- Notice similarities, differences and patterns
- Identify groups and classify things
- Use appropriate scientific language to communicate ideas and findings
- Use observation to suggest answers to questions
- Find information using secondary resources
- Perform simple comparative tests
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