| Science | Autumn | Spring | Summer |
| Year 1 | Seasonal changes | Everyday materials | Animals, including humans
Plants |
| What are the changes over the four seasons? | Can you name and compare materials based on their properties? | How can animals be compared? What are the different parts and types of plants and trees? |
| Year 2 | Uses of every day materials Living things and their habitats | Animals, including humans | Plants |
| Can you name, compare and classify materials based on their properties? How do the characteristics of plants and animals suit their habitats? | What do humans need to grow and be healthy? | What does a plant need to stay healthy? |
| Year 3 | Animals, including humans Rocks | Forces and magnets | Plants Light |
| How do you move and grow?
How are rocks formed? | What is a force? | What is a life cycle of a plant?
What is a source of light and what happens when it is blocked? |
| Year 4 | Sound Electricity | States of matter | Living things and their habitat Animals, including humans |
| How do you hear things?
How does a circuit work? | What makes a liquid, solid or gas? | How do animals thrive in their habitat?
What happens to your food when you eat it? |
| Year 5 | Living things and their habitat Animals, including humans | Earth and space | Properties and changes of materials Forces |
| What are the life cycles and processes of reproduction in some plants and animals?
What are the stages of human development? | How does Earth move within the solar system? | When is a change reversible or irreversible?
How do forces act and what are their effects? |
| Year 6 | Evolution and inheritance Light | Electricity | Animals, including humans Living things and their habitats |
| How have animals, humans and plants adapted over time?
How do we see things? | How do components affect a circuit? | How does your heart work and stay healthy?
What characteristics could you use to classify animals and plants? |
