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Curriculum focus |
Objective |
Notes |
Working Scientifically |
| Week 1 |
Plants |
To revise the structure of flowering plants. |
Recap from Year 1 - weeks 20 and 21. |
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| Week 2 |
Plants |
To understand what a plant needs to grow. |
Throughout the next few weeks, children should observe a plant growing. |
Observing closely, using simple equipment |
| Week 3 |
Animals including humans |
To know that animals, including humans, have offspring. |
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| Week 4 |
Animals including humans |
To match the adult to its offspring. |
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| Week 5 |
Living things and their habitats |
To explore things that are alive, can die and have never been alive. |
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Gathering data and recording data to help in answering questions |
| Week 6 |
Living things and their habitats |
To compare the similarities and differences of things that can live and die or have never been alive. |
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Identifying and classifying |
| Week 7 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To revise what the term 'property' means. |
Recap from Year 1 - week 26. |
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| Week 8 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To test and compare materials. |
Recap from Year 1 - weeks 36 and 37. Including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard. |
Performing simple tests |
| Week 9 |
Plants |
To record my observations of a plant growing. |
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Using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions |
| Week 10 |
Plants |
To describe how seeds and bulbs grow into plants. |
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| Week 11 |
Animals including humans |
To know what animals, including humans, need to be able to survive. |
Water, food and oxygen. |
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| Week 12 |
Animals including humans |
To compare necessities and luxuries. |
Comparing what we need and what we think we need to be able to survive. |
Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways |
| Week 13 |
Living things and their habitats |
To identify habitats that suit different animals. |
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| Week 14 |
Living things and their habitats |
To describe how different habitats provide the basic needs for different animals. |
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| Week 15 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To identify materials required for a particular use. |
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| Week 16 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To compare different materials required for a particular use. |
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Observing closely, using simple equipment |
| Week 17 |
Plants |
To find out what photosynthesis is. |
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| Week 18 |
Plants |
To describe what plants need to grow. |
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| Week 19 |
Animals including humans |
To know what exercise is. |
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| Week 20 |
Animals including humans |
To understand the importance of exercise. |
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| Week 21 |
Living things and their habitats |
To identify animals and plants in their local habitat. |
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Observing closely, using simple equipment |
| Week 22 |
Living things and their habitats |
To compare their local habitat to a different habitat. |
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Using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions |
| Week 23 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To find out what happens when a material is squashed. |
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Performing simple tests |
| Week 24 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To find out what happens when a material is bent. |
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Performing simple tests |
| Week 25 |
Plants |
To understand how to keep a plant healthy. |
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| Week 26 |
Plants |
To make a prediction. |
Over the next few weeks, children should observe two plants growing in different settings. |
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| Week 27 |
Animals including humans |
To know what a diet is. |
Recap Year 1 - week 22 but with greater focus on what humans are/can be. |
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| Week 28 |
Animals including humans |
To understand the importance of a balanced diet. |
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| Week 29 |
Living things and their habitats |
To understand how animals obtain their food. |
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| Week 30 |
Living things and their habitats |
To make a simple food chain. |
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| Week 31 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To find out what happens when a material is twisted. |
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Performing simple tests |
| Week 32 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To find out what happens when a material is stretched. |
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Performing simple tests |
| Week 33 |
Plants |
To analyse my experiment. |
Children should analyse why one plant grows and one doesn't. |
Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways |
| Week 34 |
Animals including humans |
To know what the term hygiene means. |
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| Week 35 |
Animals including humans |
To understand ways in which we can be hygenic. |
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| Week 36 |
Living things and their habitats |
To identify and name different sources of food. |
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| Week 37 |
Living things and their habitats |
To create a food web. |
Link back to Year 2 - week 30. |
Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways |
| Week 38 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To explore how materials can be changed for a specific purpose. |
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Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways |
| Week 39 |
Uses of everyday materials |
To explore how materials can be changed for more than one purpose. |
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