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EYFS | Under Review April 2023
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Y1 | Taught discretley through the theme of Seaside Taught discretely:
Autumn 1:
Weather, Earth and space, observe seasonal changes, varying length of day.
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Autumn 2:
Plants- identify and describe basic structure of common plants (BOLE) Please click here for knowledge organiser | Taught discretley through the theme of The Great Fire of London
Spring 1:
Animals and humans- identify, name and label basic parts of the body and relate to the senses Please click here for knowledge organiser
Spring 2:
Materials - everyday materials, identify and name / describe (materials of buildings linking to theme) Please click here for knowledge organiser | Taught discretley through the theme of Oceans and Continents:
Summer 1:
Animals and humans -identify and name a variety of common animals, classify animals into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores and describe and compare the structure of animals, investigate differences, habitats, growing etc. Please click here for knowledge organiser
Summer 2:
Light and seeing- how we see and light sources Please click here for knowledge organiser |
Y2 | Mostly integrated through the theme of Florence Nightingale
Autumn 1:
Animals and humans - exercise and hygiene, germs in hospitals (now and then) and food (nutrition link to soldiers' poor nutrition)
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Autumn 2:
Materials -identification and properties
Please click here for knowledge organiser | Taught discretely through the theme of The Coronation Spring 1: Forces - describe basic movements Sound and hearing - sources of sounds Click here for knowledge organiser
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Spring 2:
Electricity - circuits
Plants – Observe how plants grow from bulbs and seeds, recognising what they need to grow Please click here for knowledge organiser
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Spring 2:
Electricity - common appliances and construct a simple circuit | Taught discretely through the theme of Islands
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Summer 1:
Evolution and inheritance - how humans resemble their parents. Please click here for knowledge organiser
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Living things and habitats
suitability of environment and food chains Please click here for knowledge organiser |
Y3 | Theme of Ancient Egyptians
Taught discretely:
Autumn 1:
Light and seeing - sources, reflections, light travels in a straight line, how it affects seeing and shadows. Please click here for knowledge organiser
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Autumn 1:
Earth and Space - movement of the Earth relative to the sun and the Moon relative to the earth. Please click here for knowledge organiser | Mostly integrated through the theme of Binfield Local study
Spring 1:
Animals and humans - identify the need for the right food types and amount of nutrition - identify that humans and some animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement (links with local community). Please click here for knowledge organiser
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Spring 2:
Forces -magnets, attract and repel, compare and group according to magnetic / non-magnetic. Compare how things move on surfaces Please click here for knowledge organiser | Mostly taught discretely through the theme of Stone Age to Iron Age Taught discretely:
Summer 1:
Plants - functions of each part, requirements for life, pollination and their life cycle.
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Taught discretely:
Summer 1:
Evolution and inheritance - how plants resemble their parents and adapt to their environment.
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Mostly integrated through the theme of Stone Age to Iron Age
Summer 2:
Materials - rocks, fossils and how they are made, soil - made from rocks and other matter. (How the Stone Age to Iron Age people used materials for tools, weapons and making fire).
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Y4 | Taught discretely through the theme of Romans
Autumn 1 & 2:
Animals and humans - simple functions of the digestive system in humans, transportation of water and different types of teeth and their functions Please click here for knowledge organiser Living things and their habitats- food chains | Mostly integrated through the theme of Rainforests Spring 1: Evolution and inheritance - how animals resemble their parents and how they are suited to their environment (look at how rainforest animals adapt to their environments) Please click here for knowledge organiser Taught discretely Spring 2: Taught
Sound - sources, how sounds are made, volume and pitch Please click here for knowledge organiser | Taught discretely through the theme of Extreme Earth
Summer 1:
Electricity - common appliances,construct simple circuits and recognise conductors and insulators. Please click here for knowledge organiser
Mostly integrated through the theme of Extreme Earth
Summer 2:
Materials - states of matter - solids, liquids, gases, changes of state and evaporation and condensation in the water cycle. Please click here for knowledge organiser |
Y5 | Taught discretely
Autumn 1:
Earth and Space - explore the movement of earth and the moon, explain day and night Please click here for knowledge organiser Autumn 2: Changes of materials and states of matter. Please click here for knowledge organiser | Mostly integrated through the theme of Sustainability Spring 1:
Materials -properties (look at sustainable materials). Spring 2:
Living things and their habitats - life cycles and life processes (look at sustainable habitats). Please click here for knowledge organiser | Taught discretely through the theme of Viking and Anglo Saxons
Summer 1:
Animals and humans - reproduction, animals and human, similarities and differences of offspring Please click here for knowledge organiser
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Summer 2:
Forces - gravity, effects of air / water resistance and revision of magnets Please click here for knowledge organiser |
Y6 | Mostly integrated through the theme of Changing world
Autumn 1:
Evolution and inheritance- changes in animals over time, adaptations to environments,changes to human skeleton.
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Autumn 2:
Living things - describe how living things including microorganisms are classified according to characteristics and similarities and differences.
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Spring 1:
Light - how it travels,sources and shadows. Please click here for knowledge organiser
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Spring 2:
Electricity - effects of voltage, drawing circuits using symbols Please click here for knowledge organiser | Taught discretely through the theme of Rivers
Summer 1 & 2:
Animals and humans - human circulation, importance of diet and exercise and drug awareness. Please click here for knowledge organiser |
