Science Curriculum Overview

At St Benedicts Roman Catholic Primary School we believe a
high-quality science education provides the foundations for
understanding the world. Science has changed our lives and is
vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all pupils should be
taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes
and uses of science. Through building up a body of key
foundational knowledge and concepts, pupils should be
encouraged to recognise the power of rational explanation and
develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural
phenomena. They should be encouraged to understand how
science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how
things will behave, and analyse causes.
Topics covered:

  • Seasonal change
  • Everyday materials and their properties
  • Plants
  • Forces and magnets
  • States of matter
  • Electricity
  • Light
  • Sound
  • Rocks
  • All living things and their habitats
  • Earth and Space
  • Evolution and inheritance
  • About our environment
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Science Curriculum Statement

Science Subject Overview and Rational

Science Progression of Skills Maps

Science Knowledge Organisers

      • Year 1 
Term 1  Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 
Unit 1 - Plants Unit 2- Animals Unit 3 - Everyday Materials Unit 4 - Wonderful Weather    

 

      • Year 2
Term 1  Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 
  Living Things and their Habitats Animals including Humans Everyday Materials Plants   

 

      • Year 3
Term 1  Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 
Rocks and Salts Animals Including Humans Forces and Magnets Light and Shadow Magnets and Forces Part 2  Plants

 

      • Year 4
Term 1  Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 
Electricity States of Matter Sound Habitats and Classification  Digestion, Teeth, Food Chains  Help our Habitats

 

      • Year 5
Term 1  Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 
Earth and Space  Living Things and their Habitats Forces and Knowledge Organiser

 

      • Year 6
Term 1  Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 

Light

Electricity