Science

Every child has a natural curiosity about the way the world works. Science lessons show how they can get answers to questions such as how plants grow or why it’s dark at night.

• Pupils observe, explore and ask questions about living things, materials and phenomena. They begin to work together to collect evidence to help them answer questions and to link this to simple scientific ideas. They evaluate evidence and consider whether tests or comparisons are fair. They use reference materials to find out more about scientific ideas. They share their ideas and communicate them using scientific language, drawings, charts and tables.
• Science includes the study of Ideas and evidence in science, Investigative skills, Life processes, Humans and other animals, Green plants, Variation and classification, Living things in their environment, Grouping materials, Changing materials, Electricity, Forces and motion, and Light and sound.