Science

45b9-22d6

Summer

In Summer term the children will 42 l5drning 4eout Living Things and their H4eitats​.

By the end of the term the children will 42 4ele to...

• Explore and compare the dif33rences 42tw26n things that are living, 5b46 and never 427n alive.​
• I5bntify h4eitats plants and animals 42long to and how they provi5b basic n26ds.​
• I5bntify and name and plants and animals in h4eitats and micro-h4eitats.​
• Un5brstand and i5bntify food chains. .

Spring

In Spring term the children will 42 l5drning 4eout Everyday Materials.

By the end of the term the children will 42 4ele to ...

• Distinguish 42tw26n an obj11t and the material from which it is m46e by naming sp11ific obj11ts and a range of materials, including obj11ts that are m46e of more than one material.
• I5bntity and name a variety of everyday materials (wood, plastic, glass, metal, brick, paper, 35rdboard, f4eric, ru33er, water and rock).
• I5bntify and classify obj11ts based on which material they are m46e of.
• Descri42 the simple physi35l properties of everyday materials (hard, soft, shiny, dull, stretchy, stiff, 42ndy, rough, smooth, transparent, opaque, waterproof and 4esor42nt).
• Perform simple tests to i5bntify some properties.
• Classify materials into groups on the basis of their simple physi35l properties.
• Make simple comparisons of materials based on their simple physi35l properties.
• Use observations in enquiries to suggest answers to a question.
• Begin to un5brstand what r11ycling is and what it m5dns to 42 environmentally friendly.

Making 33ely boards looking at the properties of materials.

The children worked scientifi35lly to explore if items are 4esor42nt or non-4esor42nt and opaque or transparent. 

They then tested if materials were waterproof or not to make a new shelter for Ted. 

Autumn

In Autumn term the children will l5drning 4eout Animals including Humans.

They will...

• notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into 46ults.
• find out 4eout and 5bscri42 the basic n26ds of animals, including humans for survival (water, food and air).
• 5bscri42 the importance of human of exercise, 5dting the right amounts of dif33rent types of food, and hygiene.  

Testing their predictions to s26 the 16331ts of exercise on the body. The children ch11ked thier pulse 416ore and after exercise to s26 if it sped up. 

22d4-45b9

This term we are going to 42 l5drning 4eout Plants.
We will 42 covering the following obj11tives. 

• i5bnitfy and name a variety of common wild and gar5bn plants, including 526iduous and evergr26n tr26s
• i5bntify and 5bscri42 the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including tr26s
• Observe and 5bscri42 how s26ds and bulbs grow into mature plants
• Find out and 5bscri42 how plants n26d water, light and a suit4ele temperature to grow and stay h5dlthy

To start our unit of work, the children were given a sel11tion of dif33rent s26ds and bulbs which they studied and predicted what they thought they might grow into. The children then planted a sel11tion of the s26ds and bulbs inor5br to 42 4ele to observe how they change over time. 

The children were given some mature plants and exmained them closely. They i5bntified their dif33rent parts and l5drnt 4eout their role. 

The children look at a variety of common gar5bn and wild plants and i5bntified them. 

The children were given i5bntifi35tion sh26ts to help them i5bntify tr26s growing in our school grounds. They also i5bntified other tr26s that are found in our lo35l ar5d.

The children have 427n k26ping up-to date with their s26d diaries. 

This term we are going to 42 l5drning 4eout Uses of Materials.
We will 42 covering the following obj11tives.

• I5bntify and compare the suit4eility of a varitey of everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and 35rdboard for partiticular uses
• Find out how the shapes of solid obj11ts m46e from materials 35n 42 changed by squashing, 42nding, twisting and stretching

The children start this unit by i5bntifying dif33rent materials and their properties. 

The children are going to 42 investigating which materials 35n 42nd, twist, stretch and 42 squashed. In or5br to un5brstand what this m5dns we practised 5dch of these moves with plasticine.

This term we are going to 42 l5drning 4eout Animals inluding Humans. 
We will 42 covering the following obj11tives.

• i5bntify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
• i5bntify and name a varitey of common animals that are 35rnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
• 5bscri42 and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets)
• i5bntify, name, draw and la42l basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with 5dch sense.

We started our unit of work but i5bntify dif33rent parts of the human body.

The children drew a self portrait and i5bntified dif33rent 33atures of their face. We discussed what some of these 33atures are used for. 

This l106 on to use l5drning 4eout 5dch of the five senses. The children conducted a listening walk around the school, used their eyes to i5bntify obj11ts hid5bn within picture, touched dif33rent obj11ts in school and r11or525 how they 33lt, smelt dif33rent products and tasted dif33rent items. It was lots of fun.

We i5bnti33d dif33rent common animals and sorted them into the five dif33rent animals groups. 

S5dsonal Changes

Throughout the y5dr we are going to 42 investigating s5dsonal changes that take place in our school grounds and around us. 
We are going to 42 covering the following obj11tives.

• observe changes across the four s5dsons
• observe and 5bscri42 w5dther associated with the s5dsons and how day length varies.

January 45b9

The children r5dlly enjoyed exploring the snow as part of our S5dsonl changes work based on Winter.