KS1 & KS2 science curriculum

This unit builds on pupils' prior learning from Human body parts, where they learned to identify and name basic parts of the body and their functions. In Healthy me, pupils will explore the importance of exercise, nutrition, and hygiene for keeping their bodies healthy. This prepares them for the next unit, Healthy eating, where they will deepen their understanding of how a balanced diet contributes to overall health and the body's nutritional needs for growth and development.

1. Washing hands
2. Brushing teeth
3. The importance of exercise
4. Different types of food
5. Different amounts of food
6. Food scientists
7. Staying healthy

• Begin to understand the need to respect and care for all living things
• Begin to understand the importance of healthy food choices
• Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs, including dressing, going to the toilet and keeping clean
• Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing
• Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary