Pupils explore different types of mixtures and the different methods that can be used to separate them. They dissolve a range of substances, identify different solutions and investigate how temperature affects the time taken to dissolve. They design and create a water filter, sieve soil and evaporate solutions. 

Broadening their experience of the properties of materials, children investigate hardness, transparency and conductivity and consider how these properties influence the uses of materials. They explore reversible changes, including dissolving and changes of state. Children compare these to irreversible changes, including rusting, burning and mixing vinegar and bicarbonate of soda. 

Exploring some of the key celestial bodies in our Solar System, children learn their names and compare their movements. Pupils discover the relationship between the Earth’s rotation and daylight, making models to represent their knowledge. They make their own sundials and consider how and why humans’ ideas about the universe have changed over time. To be published by the end of December 2024.

Studying the human circulatory system, children learn about the role of the heart, blood and blood vessels and use models to demonstrate their function. They explore how lifestyle choices affect our health and use secondary sources to advise patients. To be published by mid-February 2025.

Proving that light travels in a straight line, children use this information to explain observations of reflection and shadows. They explore how our eyes allow us to see and how mirrors can be used in a variety of ways. Pupils investigate factors affecting the size of shadows and the laws of reflection. To be published by mid-April 2025.

Bringing together pupils’ learning from multiple Science units, helping them to make connections between the key concepts and skills. To be published by the end of May 2025.

Comparing the life cycles of plants, mammals, birds, amphibians and insects. Investigating asexual reproduction in plants and comparing sexual and asexual reproduction.

Building on their knowledge of contact and non-contact forces, children explore gravity, friction, air resistance and water resistance in more depth and consider the effect of these forces being unbalanced. They plan investigations to further their understanding of the effects of these forces. Pupils test their ideas using models and compete to build the most effective pulley system.

Children broaden their knowledge of how vertebrates, invertebrates, plants and micro-organisms are grouped using shared characteristics. They discover how Carl Linnaeus developed the Linnaean and binomial systems for classifying and naming living things. To be published by the end of December 2024.

Using their prior knowledge of electrical circuits, children learn to draw conventional circuit diagrams and use models to explain current, resistance and voltage. They compare different batteries and consider the effect on bulb brightness. To be published by mid-February 2025.

Studying patterns in humans and other species, children learn about characteristics that are inherited from parents and those that are environmental. Through the eyes of Darwin and Wallace, pupils understand how observations lead to theories and explore natural selection. To be published by mid-April 2025.

Studying human development and changes, children identify key stages and consider what data may help determine if a child is growing normally. They describe how puberty affects girls and boys and produce graphs to compare how gestation periods vary across different mammals, including humans. To be published by the end of May 2025.

Bringing together pupils’ learning from multiple Science units, helping them to make connections between the key concepts and skills. To be published by the end of May 2025.