KS1 & KS2 Science
Unit sequence
Introducing our new curriculum sequence for 2023/2024!
Units that make up our curricula are fully sequenced, and aligned to the national curriculum.
Highlight a thread
Threads are groups of units across the curriculum that build a common body of knowledge
Year group
Year 1
1
Naming and grouping animals
2
Seasonal changes: autumn and winter
3
Human body parts
4
Identifying plants and their basic parts
5
Seasonal changes: spring and summer
6
Everyday materials
Year 2
1
Uses of everyday materials
2
Growing plants
3
New life
4
Introduction to food chains
5
Living things and where they live
6
Healthy me
Year 3
1
Rocks and soils
2
Introduction to the human skeleton and muscles
3
Simple forces including magnets
4
Healthy eating
5
What plants do and what they need
6
Introduction to light and shadows
Year 4
1
Introduction to the human digestive system
2
Introduction to states of matter and changing states
3
Simple electrical circuits
4
Introduction to sound
5
Living things and the environment
6
More about food chains
Year 5
1
Properties, changes and separating materials
2
Forces including simple machines
3
Earth, Sun and Moon
4
Reproduction and life cycles: plants
5
Reproduction and life cycles: animals
6
Human development
Year 6
1
The human circulatory system
2
Changing circuits
3
Keeping healthy
4
Why we group and classify living things
5
Evolution and inheritance
6
Light and how it travels
7
Materials (non-statutory)
8
Climate change and sustainability (non-statutory)
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