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Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Term 1

Animals including humans:

How do I sense?

Autumn watch:

Weather focus

Everyday materials:

Why do we choose different materials for different uses?

Forces:

What are forces?

Animals including humans:

What do our bodies do with the food we eat?

Forces:

How can we increase the impact of a force?

Light:

How do we use light to see?

Forces:

What can magnets do?

Forces:

How can we change the speed of an object?

Term 2

Animals including humans:

What is an animal?

Autumn watch:

Animal focus

Animals including humans/living things and their habitats:

What do animals need to survive?

Living things and their habitats:

How do living organisms within an environment affect each other?

Living things and their habitats:

How unique are living organisms?

Light:

How is light important?

Term 3

Everyday materials:

What are materials?

Winter watch:

Plant/weather/animal focus

Animals including humans:

What is a life cycle?

Light:

What are shadows?

Electricity:

How does electricity work?

Earth and space:

What is moving in the solar system?

Evolution and inheritance:

How are living organisms adapted to their environments?

Animals including humans:

How do animals’ bodies move and protect themselves?

Term 4

Animals including humans:

What do animals eat?

Winter/Spring watch:

Plant/weather/animal focus

Living things and their habitats:

Is there such thing as a perfect habitat?

Changing materials:

Are all materials affected by temperature?

Animals including humans:

How do our choices impact our bodies?

Animals including humans:

What are the nutrients we eat used for?

Changing materials:

Which changes to materials are not reversible?

Term 5

Plants:

What is a plant?

Spring watch: plant/human focus

Plants:

What do plants need to begin their lives successfully?

Rocks and soils:

What are rocks and soils?

Sound:

What is sound?

Electricity:

How can we manipulate the effects of electricity?

Term 6

Working scientifically:

How can we answer different questions?

Summer watch:

Plant/weather/ animal/ human focus

Working scientifically:

We are zoo designers

Plants:

How do the different parts of plants help them to survive and reproduce?

Living things and their habitats:

How do life cycles differ?

Working scientifically:

How do scientists work? Transition unit.