Science

Year 1

Children in Year 1 follow the ELAN Year 1 Curriculum, which follows the National Curriculum. This teaches scientific concepts through storytelling and hands on experience. Year 2 children in the mixed Year 1/2 class follow the Year 1 Curriculum.

Years 2-6

From Year 2, we use the HEP Science scheme which follows the National Curriculum with minor adaptations (see the notes below the overview).

Rationale

At Windwhistle Primary School, through our science teaching, we want to enrich the lives of the children in our school by creating awe and wonder at the world around them. Through experiential learning, they will develop their curiosity to understand scientific concepts and processes and understand how these have been harnessed by human beings throughout history to improve civilisation. Pupils will see how their learning links to the real world and their own future potential careers as scientists.

Year group	Term 1**	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Year 1	Animals Humans Plants Seasonal changes Everyday materials	Animals Seasonal changes	Animals Plants Seasonal changes Everyday materials	Animals Humans Seasonal changes	Animals Everyday materials	Animals Seasonal changes Everyday materials
Year 2	The park explorers	My body and my senses	Everyday materials	Animal groups	Animal diets	Seasonal changes
Year 3	Plants	Rocks	Light	Animals including humans	Forces and magnets	The Bee project
Year 4	States of matter	Animals including humans	Science of sound	Living things and their habitats	Electricity	The history of Science
Year 5	Properties and changes of materials	Forces*	Living things and their habitats*	Earth and space*	The history of* science	Animals including humans*
Year 6	Animals including humans	The science of light	Electric circuits	Evolution and inheritance	Living things and their habitats	Preparing for secondary science

* As a school we have changed the order of units in Year 5, as the proposed Term 2 unit, Animals including humans, includes elements of the Sex and Relationships Education curriculum that we cover in Term 6 through JIGSAW, and which require parental knowledge prior to teaching. We teach all of the units of the curriculum without omission, in the revised order.

** Whilst units are divided by term, this is an indication of the order in which they are taught rather than providing strict chronological boundaries. Terms 1 and 2 for example are often 7 weeks in length, whilst term 5 can be only 5 weeks. Lessons are therefore taught weekly, with some units being taught either side of a holiday. This structure is outlined in the Curriculum timetable overview document.