Science Curriculum Overview

Year group

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 3

Plants

How does your garden grow?

Animals, including humans

Food and our bodies

Rocks

Earth rocks

Forces and magnets

Opposites attract

Light

Mirror, mirror

Year 4

Living things and their habitat

Living things

Animals, including humans

Teeth and eating

States of matter

Looking at states

Electricity

Power it up!

Sound

What’s that sound?

 Scientists and Inventors

Year 5

Animals, including humans

Growing up and growing old

Living things and habitats

Circle of life

Earth and space

Out of this world

Forces

Let’s get moving

Properties and changes of material

Material world

Year 6

Electricity

Electrifying

Light

Let it shine

Evolution and inheritance

We’re evolving

Living things and their habitat

Classifying critters

Animals, including humans

Staying alive

Working Scientifically