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Curriculum leaders

Head of Science

Mr N Myint

Our approach

Science curriculum Intent, Impact and Implementation (259.21 KB)

Primary

Year 1

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
Materials: How can we group everyday materials?	Seasons: How does weather change from autumn to winter?

Spring 1	Spring 2
Senses: How do we use our sense to understand our environment?	Seasons: How does weather change from spring to summer?

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 and how they change	Animals and survival

Spring 1	Spring 2
Adaptation	Protecting the environment

Summer 1	Summer 2
What do plants need to grow	What do plants need to grow

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - History

Year 3

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
Healthy bodies: How to muscles, bones and nutrition keep us healthy and moving?	Plants: What do plants need for survival?

Spring 1	Spring 2
Light: What is the difference between light and dark?	Light: What is the difference between light and dark?

Summer 1	Summer 2
Magnets: What is a magnet and how are they used in everyday life?	Rocks: How do rocks form over time?

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - History

Year 4

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
Digestive system: What happens to our food as it travels through our body?	Sound: How do we hear?

Spring 1	Spring 2
States of matter: How can materials change state?	Classification: How do we classify living things?

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
Materials: How can we make water on a desert island?	Life cycles: How do living things develop as they grow?

Summer 1	Summer 2
Growing older: How do our bodies change as we grow?	Mechanisms: How can mechanisms make lives easier?

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - History

Year 6

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
Light: How does light travel?	Classification: How to classify living organisms?

Spring 1	Spring 2
Evolution and inheritance: How we are different?	Electricity: How different components impact a circuit.

Summer 1	Summer 2
Circulatory system and lifestyle: How do our bodies get the nutrients they need?	Circulatory system and lifestyle: How do our bodies get the nutrients they need?

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