The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC)

Primary

Science

In this Naming and grouping animals unit, pupils learn to group animals according to what they eat. In the Introduction to food chains unit they will build on this knowledge to learn about simple feeding relationships

Introduction to food chains

Pupils will draw upon prior learning about animals in EYFS and their own everyday experiences. In this Naming and grouping animals unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify and name a variety of common animals and learn about different ways animals can be grouped

Naming and grouping familiar animals

Naming mammals

Naming birds and reptiles

Naming fish and amphibians

Animal structure

 What animals eat

BQ01 Biology: What are living things and what are they made of?

BQ04 Biology: Why are there similarities and differences between living things?

Naming and grouping animals

In this Seasonal changes: autumn and winter unit, pupils learn how day length varies. In the Earth, Sun and Moon unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn why we have day and night

Pupils will draw upon prior exploration of seasons and weather in EYFS and their own everyday experiences. In this unit Seasonal changes: autumn and winter unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to observe changes across the four seasons and describe associated weather

Signs of autumn

Weather in autumn

Signs of winter

Weather in winter

Day length in winter

BQ03 Biology: How do living things live together in their environments?

BQ12 Physics: How do we see, hear and communicate?

BQ14 Physics: How does the Earth fit into the Universe?

Seasonal changes: autumn and winter

In this Human body parts unit, pupils learn to draw and label basic parts of the human body. In the Human skeleton and muscles unit, they build on this knowledge to learn that humans have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement

Introduction to the human skeleton and muscles

Pupils will draw upon prior learning about the human body in EYFS and their own everyday experiences of using their senses. In this Human body parts unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify and name a greater range of basic body parts, including those associated with their senses

Humans are animals

Body parts on the outside

Body parts on the inside

Body parts for our senses

Sight, smell and sound

Touch and taste

Human body parts

In this Identifying plants and their basic parts unit pupils will compare and contrast familiar plants. In the Growing Plants unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn what plants need to grow and stay healthy

Growing plants

Pupils will draw upon exploration of growing and caring for plants in EYFS and their own everyday experiences. In this Identifying plants and their basic parts unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify and name a variety of common plants and describe their basic structure

Plants around our school

Structure of a tree

Naming trees

Deciduous and evergreen trees

Structure of a flowering plant

Common flowering plants

Wildflowers

Identifying plants and their basic parts

Signs of spring

Weather in spring

Signs of summer

Weather in summer

Day length in summer

Seasonal changes: spring and summer

In this Everyday materials unit, pupils learn to distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made. In the Uses of everyday materials unit they build on this knowledge to consider the suitability of materials for particular uses

Pupils will draw upon prior exploration of different materials in EYFS and their own everyday experiences.  In this unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify and name everyday materials and describe their simple physical properties

Everyday objects and materials 

Materials for recycling 

The 5 Rs and Recycling (non-statutory - Climate Change & Sustainability)

Material properties

Development of new materials (non-statutory)

Waterproof materials: plan and do

Waterproof materials: review 

Transparent and opaque materials

Transparent and opaque materials in our lives

BQ06 Chemistry: How do we explain how substances behave?

BQ07 Chemistry: What are things made of?

BQ10 Physics: Why do materials have different properties?

Everyday materials

In this Uses of everyday materials unit, pupils learnt that the shapes of some solid materials can be changed in different ways. In the Introduction to states of matter and changing states unit, they will build on this knowledge to observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled

Introduction to states of matter and changing states

In the Everyday materials unit, pupils learnt to identify and name a variety of everyday materials. In this Uses of everyday materials unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to compare the suitability of everyday materials for particular uses

Materials and their uses

Suitable and unsuitable materials

Materials that help our planet

Absorbent materials

Stretchy materials

Changing shape: plan and do

Changing shape: review

BQ08 Chemistry: How can substances be made and changed?

Uses of everyday materials

In this Growing plants unit, pupils learnt that plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. In the What plants do and what they need unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that there are further requirements for life and growth and these vary from plant to plant

What plants do and what they need

In the Identifying plants and their basic parts unit, pupils learnt to identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants. In this Growing plants unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants

Plants from seeds

Plants from bulbs

What plants need to grow and stay healthy

Plant health and growth

Plants without water

Plants without warmth

Plants without light

Grow your own food (non-statutory - Climate Change & Sustainability)

BQ02 Biology: How do living things grow and reproduce?

BQ05 Biology: How do living things stay healthy?

In this New life unit, pupils learnt that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults. In the Reproduction and life cycles unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn to describe the differences in life cycles of different animal groups

In the Naming and grouping animals unit, pupils learnt to identify and name a variety of common animals. In this New life unit. pupils will build on this knowledge to learn that animals have basic needs for survival (water, food and air)

Young animals

Growing up

Animal life cycles

Changes in animal life cycles

The basic needs of animals

New life

In this Introduction to food chains unit, pupils learnt to use the idea of a simple food chain. In the More about food chains unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn to construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey

More about food chains

In the naming and grouping animals and Identifying plants and their basic parts units, pupils learnt to identify and name a variety of common plants and animals. In this Introduction to food chains unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify and name plants and animals as sources of food in a food chain

How animals get food

Roles within food chains

Comparing food chains

In this Living things and where they live unit, pupils learn that habitats provide for the basic needs of different animals and plants. In the Grouping and classifying living things unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that environments can change and this can pose dangers to living things

Living things and the environment

In the Naming and grouping animals and Identifying plants and their parts units, pupils learnt to identify and name a variety of common plants and animals. In this unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify and name plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats

Living or non-living

Living things and movement

Living, dead and never alive

Animal habitats

Plant habitats

Plants and animals in micro-habitats 

Protecting micro-habitats

Living things and where they live

In this Healthy me unit, pupils learnt the importance of eating the right amounts of different types of food. In the Healthy eating unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition from what they eat

Healthy eating

In the Human body parts unit, pupils learnt to identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body. In this Healthy me unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to describe ways in which we can look after our bodies and explain why it is important to do so.

Washing hands 

Brushing teeth

The importance of exercise

Different types of food

Different amounts of food

Staying healthy

Food scientists

Healthy me 

In this Rocks and soil unit, pupils learn to describe in simple terms how fossils are formed. In the Evolution and inheritance unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to recognise that things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.

Evolution and inheritance

In the Uses of everyday materials unit, pupils learnt to identify and compare the suitability of materials, including rock. In this Rocks and soils unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to compare and group different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties.

Introduction to rocks (non-statutory)

The appearance of rocks

Physical properties of rocks: hardness

Moh's scale of hardness (non-statutory)

Physical properties of rocks: permeability

Weathering and erosion of rocks

How scientists work

Everyday uses of rocks (non-statutory)

How fossils are formed

More about fossil formation

Healthy soil (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

What soil is made from

Different types of soil (non-statutory)

Soil permeability: plan (non-statutory)

Soil permeability: do and review (non-statutory)

Raising further questions about soil (non-statutory)

BQ09 Chemistry: How can we explain changes in the air, land and oceans?

Rocks and soils 

In The human skeleton and muscles unit, pupils learn that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement. In The human digestive system unit, they will build on this knowledge to describe the basic parts of the digestive system in humans

Introduction to the human digestive system

In the Human body parts unit, pupils learnt to describe and compare the structure of common animals and identify and name the basic parts of the human body. In this The human skeleton and muscles unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify and name some common bones in the human skeleton

The human skeleton: support

The human skeleton: protection

Bone length: plan and do (non-statutory)

Bone length: review (non-statutory)

Animal skeletons

Muscles for movement

Muscles strength: plan and do (non-statutory)

Muscle strength: review (non-statutory)

Roles of different muscles

Improving muscle strength

In this Simple forces including magnets unit, pupils learn to compare how things move on different surfaces. In the Forces including simple machines unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces

Forces including simple machines

In the Everyday materials unit, pupils learnt to compare and group together materials on the basis of their simple physical properties. In this Simple forces including magnets unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to compare and group materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet or not

Different surfaces: plan

Different surfaces: do and review

Different surfaces in real life (non-statutory)

Contact forces

Magnetic force (non-statutory)

Magnetic force at a distance

Different magnets and their parts

Strongest magnet (non-statutory)

Magnetic and non-magnetic materials

Putting magnets together: attract or repel

Magnetic inventions (non-statutory)

Using magnets and Maglev trains (non-statutory)

BQ11 Physics: How do forces make things happen?

BQ13 Physics: How do electricity and magnetism work?

Simple forces including magnets 

In this Healthy eating unit, pupils learn that animals, including humans, can not make their own food, they get nutrition from what they eat. In the Human circulatory system and Keeping healthy units, pupils will build on this knowledge to describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, and the impact of diet on the way their bodies function

Keeping healthy

In the Healthy me unit, pupils learnt about the importance for animals, including humans, to eat the right amounts of different types of food. In this Healthy eating unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to learn that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition from food

Making or finding food

Types of food

Amounts of food

Nutrition from food

Fats in food: plan and do (non-statutory)

Fats in food: review (non-statutory)

Nutrient-rich meal: planning

Nutrient-rich meal: preparing (non-statutory)

Different diets for different people 

Sustainable sources of food (non-statutory)

Local food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Food miles (non-statutory)

In this What plants do and what they need unit, pupils learn about the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants. In the Reproduction and life cycles unit: plants, they will build on this knowledge to describe the life process of reproduction in some plants

Reproduction and life cycles: plants

In the Growing plants unit, pupils learnt that plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. In this What plants do and what they need unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to explore a greater number of requirements of plants for life and growth and how they vary from plant to plant

What plants need: plan

What plants need: do

Subject

School phase

KS1 & KS2 Science

Unit sequence

Introducing our new curriculum sequence for 2023/2024!

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Year group

Year 1

Naming and grouping animals

Seasonal changes: autumn and winter

Human body parts

Identifying plants and their basic parts

Seasonal changes: spring and summer

Everyday materials

Year 2

Uses of everyday materials

Growing plants

New life

Introduction to food chains

Living things and where they live

Healthy me

Year 3

Rocks and soils

Introduction to the human skeleton and muscles

Simple forces including magnets

Healthy eating

What plants do and what they need

Introduction to light and shadows

Year 4

Introduction to the human digestive system

Introduction to states of matter and changing states

Simple electrical circuits

Introduction to sound

Living things and the environment

More about food chains

Year 5

Properties, changes and separating materials

Forces including simple machines

Earth, Sun and Moon

Reproduction and life cycles: plants

Reproduction and life cycles: animals

Human development

Year 6

The human circulatory system

Changing circuits

Keeping healthy

Why we group and classify living things

Evolution and inheritance

Light and how it travels

Materials (non-statutory)

Climate change and sustainability (non-statutory)

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