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
Science Subject Overview and Rational
Science Progression of Skills Maps
Science Knowledge Organisers
Year 1 Unit 1 Knowledge Organiser Plants
Year 1 Unit 2 Animals inc Humans Part 1
Year 1 Unit 2 Animals inc Humans Unit 2 Part 2
Year 1 Unit 3 Everyday Materials Knowledge Organiser
Year 1 Unit 4 Wonderful Weather Knowledge Organiser
Year 2 Animals including humans
Year 2 Living Things and Their Habitats
Year 3 Animals including Humans
Year 3 Forces and Magnets Part 1
Year 3 Forces and Magnets Part 2
Year 3 Rocks and SoilsYear 4 Help Our HabitatsYear 4 ElectricityYear 4 Habitats and ClassificationYear 4 SoundYear 4 States of MatterYear 4 Digestion Teeth Food Chains
Year 5 Earth and SpaceYear 5 Forces
Year 5 Properties and Changes of Materials Part 1
Year 5 Properties and Changes of Materials Part 2
Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats
Year 6 Term 3 & 4 Living Things and their Habitat