Curriculum leaders
Our approach
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11

Curriculum leaders

Head of Science, Form Tutor of 11 York

Ms M Beeby

Secondary Lead Teacher of Physics, Form Tutor of 13 Aconcagua

Mr A Docherty

a.docherty@kingsolomonacademy.org
Year 5 Year Lead, Primary Science Lead and Class Teacher of 5 St Andrews

Ms M Thomas

M.Thomas@kingsolomonacademy.org

Our approach

Primary

Year 1

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Dinosaurs: How were dinosaurs different? Seasons: How does weather change across the season?
Spring 1 Spring 2
Materials: How can we group materials? Senses: How do we use our sense to understand our environment?
Summer 1 Summer 2
Animals: How are animals different? Plants: How can we identify plants?

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - History

Year 2

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Materials: How can materials change? Animals: How are animals adapted to where they live?
Spring 1 Spring 2
Women in science: How have women in the world changed science? Animals: what do animals need to survive?
Summer 1 Summer 2
Plants: what do plants need to grow? Seasons: how does climate change affect our planet?

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - History

Year 3

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Plants: what do plants need to grow? Magnets: How are magnets used in everyday life?
Spring 1 Spring 2
Light: what is the difference between light and dark?  
Summer 1 Summer 2
Healthy bodies: How do nutrients affect an animal’s health? Rocks: How do rocks form over time?

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - History

Year 4

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
States of matter: How can materials change state?  
Spring 1 Spring 2
Sound: why are all sounds different? Digestive system: what happens to our food as it travels through our body?
Summer 1 Summer 2
Classification: How do we classify living things? Electricity: How can we build a circuit?

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - History

Year 5

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Forces: How do objects fall? Earth and Space: What is in the sky?
Spring 1 Spring 2
Living things: How do living things develop as they grow? Materials: How can we make water on a desert island?
Summer 1 Summer 2
Mechanisms: How can mechanisms make lives easier? Human development: Why are changes to our body natural?

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - History

Year 6

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Evolution: How we are different? Light: Does light travel in straight lines?
Spring 1 Spring 2
Electricity: How does the brightness of a bulb affect a circuit? Classification: How to classify living organisms?
Summer 1 Summer 2
Circulatory system: How do our bodies get the nutrients they need? Cells: How do we classify living organisms based on cell types?

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - History

Secondary

Year 7

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Biology 1: Cells  

Chemistry 1: Particles  

 Physics 1: Forces
Spring 1 Spring 2
Biology 2: Reproduction  

Chemistry 2: Atoms, Elements and Compounds

 Physics 2: Gravity  

Biology 3: Interdependence  
Summer 1 Summer 2
Chemistry 3: Mixtures  

Physics 3: Energy Transfers  

 Physics 4: Electric Circuits 

All Year 7 subjects Next Year 7 Subject - History

Year 8

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Tissues and Organisms, Acids and Alkalis, Movement and Pressure, Respiration and Photosynthesis  Tissues and Organisms, Acids and Alkalis, Movement and Pressure, Respiration and Photosynthesis 
Spring 1 Spring 2
Changing Substances, Magnetism, Life Diversity, Earth Systems Changing Substances, Magnetism, Life Diversity, Earth Systems
Summer 1 Summer 2
Electric Circuits, Nutrition, Light Electric Circuits, Nutrition, Light

All Year 8 subjects Next Year 8 Subject - History

Year 9

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Growth and Differentiation, The Periodic Table, Acceleration, Human Interaction Growth and Differentiation, The Periodic Table, Acceleration, Human Interaction
Spring 1 Spring 2
Quantitative Chemistry, Heating, Genetics Quantitative Chemistry, Heating, Genetics
Summer 1 Summer 2
Using resources, Sound and Waves, Home Electricity Using resources, Sound and Waves, Home Electricity

All Year 9 subjects Next Year 9 Subject - History

Year 10

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
The digestive system, Structure and bonding, Movement, Circulation and respiration The digestive system, Structure and bonding, Movement, Circulation and respiration
Spring 1 Spring 2
Extraction of metals, Energy conservation, Plant and material cycling, Quantitative Chemistry Extraction of metals, Energy conservation, Plant and material cycling, Quantitative Chemistry
Summer 1 Summer 2
Electric Circuits and energy, Health and Disease, Energy changes, Radioactivity, Ecology Electric Circuits and energy, Health and Disease, Energy changes, Radioactivity, Ecology

All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - History

Year 11

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Feedback and control, Carbon Chemistry, Sound and Waves Controlling reproduction, Controlling reactions, Forces 
Spring 1 Spring 2
Forces, Force Fields, Controlling Nature, Our Atmosphere Using resources, Movement, Evolution
Summer 1 Summer 2
Revision Revision

All Year 11 subjects Next Year 11 Subject - History