Science

Autumn Term

Our super Science topic this term is 'Everyday Materials'.

Throughout the term, Year One children will be taught to:

· distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made

· identify and name a variety of  everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock

· describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials

· compare and group together a  variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.

Spring Term

Our super Science topic this term is 'Animals including Humans'

Throughout the term, Year One children will be taught to:

• identify and name some common animals.
• explore the difference between carnivores, herbivores and        omnivores.
• describe and compare the      structure of a variety of common animals
• identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is    associated with each sense.

Summer Term

Our super Science topic this term is 'Plants'.

Throughout the term, Year One will be identifying and naming common garden plants, common wild plants and deciduous and evergreen trees.

We will be taking part in lots of fun experiments and investigations including answering the question ‘which wild plant is most common on our school field?’

Year one will also be growing their own sunflowers to bring home and that will lead us nicely onto identifying the parts of a plant. We will also discuss what plants need to grow.

Seasonal Changes

Throughout the course of the school year, we will also be observing seasonal changes.

Children will be taught to:

observe changes across the four seasons observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.

We will be taking part in lots of fun experiments and investigations including answering the question ‘Which is the best material to be waterproof?’

Visit: The Science Museum - https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/challenge-materials

Go Online: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrssgk7

Read: 

Materials (Amazing Science) by Sally Hewitt

Everyday Materials (Ways into Science) by Peter Riley

Do: Sort out your household recycling into different groups - group by material or property.

Research it: Use books and the internet to research the life and work of either John Dunlop or Charles Macintosh.

Check out 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd

http://www.thekidsgarden.co.uk/