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Caversham
Primary School

Science

 

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

EYFS

Biology: animals and plants

Chemistry: objects and materials

Physics: light, space, electricity and movement

Our changing world: the local environment

Year 1

Seasons

Human body and senses

Naming and describing materials

Properties and uses of materials

Animals (vertebrates)

Identifying plants and their parts

Year 2

Local habitats

Choosing materials

Growing seeds and bulbs

Growing up (animals and humans)

Changing materials

Growing healthy plants

Year 3

Rocks, soils and fossils

Light and shadows

Forces, friction and magnets

Movement and nutrition for the human body

Flowering plants and plant growth

Flowering plants life cycle

Year 4

Changes of state

Electricity: circuits

Human impact on the environment

Digestion and food chains

Sound

Classification of plants and animals

Year 5

Forces and mechanisms

Properties and uses of materials

Earth and space

Plant and animal life cycles

Separating mixtures and changing materials

Human growth

Year 6

Classification of living things

Evolution and inheritance

What light does

Human circulation

Electricity: changing circuits

Body health

Science at Caversham Primary is taught from EYFS to Year 6 through Snap Science.