KS1 & KS2 science curriculum

This unit builds on pupils' prior learning from Healthy eating, where they explored how nutrition supports overall health and body function. In The human circulatory system, pupils will learn how the heart, blood vessels, and blood work together to transport oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. This prepares them for the next unit, Breathing and respiration, where they will explore how the respiratory system provides oxygen to the blood and removes carbon dioxide, deepening their understanding of how these systems interact to sustain life.

1. Function of the heart
2. Function of blood
3. Function of blood vessels
4. How nutrients and water are transported within humans
5. The circulatory system in humans: plan
6. Circulatory system: do and review
7. The use of animal hearts in humans (non-statutory)

• Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body
• Describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene
• Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition; they get nutrition from what they eat
• Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement
• Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans