In Science during the Summer 2 half-term our children will be learning about: 

Two-Year Olds - Bears

• playing what’s in the bag games
• exploring mark marking on different materials 
• identifying similarities and differences between pictures and text in books
• identifying similarities and differences between themselves and their friends
• comparing and ordering objects and amounts based on their number/ size/ weight etc 
• constructing and balancing lots of structures using a range of materials
• investigating and making patterns 
• using weighing scales 
• developing their personal hygiene skills 
• developing their gross and fine motor skills 
• exploring different materials using their senses 
• using materials based on their properties 
• playing with objects and materials with different patterns, textures, colours and tones 
• exploring natural materials based 
• investigating mini-beasts

 

Nursery - Mini-Beasts

• developing their balance and fine motor skills
• increasing their personal hygiene and needs independence 
• learning about sun safety 
• learning about and applying healthy food choices
• using the features of the things they draw  
• investigating texture and the effects of different mark making tools 
• constructing with loose parts
• learning about our role as carers for the natural world including the mini-beasts and bees in our bug hotels
• going on bug safaris
• investigating the movements of different animals
• identifying similarities and differences between different parts of the world through pictures 
• identifying similarities and differences between people each other and people around the world 
• asking questions, making predictions about and exploring how things work
• selecting appropriate resources for their task 

 

Year One - Under The Sea

• learning about how the seasons change and what this affects 
• learning about sun safety
• naming plants in the school grounds and BioDome as well as other common plants 
• labelling the different parts of a plant and understanding where these should be e.g. the roots should be in the ground
• observe changes over time 
• gather and analyse data
• investigating, designing and using pulleys 

 

Year Two - Animals Including Humans  

• understanding what animals (including human) need to stay healthy and what will happen if they do not have this
• describing how baby animals change as they grow and age
• ordering the lifestages of humans 

 

Year Three - Light 

• recognising that we need light to see 
• identifying light sources 
• investigating light reflection 
• understanding that the sun can be dangerous 
• investigating how shadows change
• beginning to understand transparent, translucent and opaque 

 

Year Four - Living Things 

• classifying plants and animals based on their own criteria
• creating and using classification keys 
• learning about invertebrates and vertebrates 
• identifying how humans have impacted the environment both positively and negatively

 

Year Five - Properties of Materials 

• identifies similarities and differences between objects based on their scientific knowledge e.g. transparency or conduction of electricity 
• investigating solutions dissolving and solvable or insoluble materials 
• understanding how heat affection solution 
• explaining the difference between melting and dissolving 
• learning about evaporation 
• explaining the difference between filtering and sieving and understanding where each should be used. 
• separating two mixtures using a variety of methods
• testing materials and explaining how they could be used based on their properties 
• researching how scientists use materials based on their properties 
• explaining reversible and irreversible changes 

 

Year Six - Living Things 

• explaining what classification is and why scientists classify plants and animals
• understanding that groups can be divided into subgroups e.g. animals to vertebrates and invertebrates
• understanding that not all animals of a class have every feature of that class e.g. dolphins are mammals. They produce milk but they don't have hair
• create and use classification systems or keys 
• learning about scientists who use or have contributed to classification