Summer 2

Plants and Seasonal Change.

Plants

We will be learning to:

• identify and name common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees 
• identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees 

Seasonal Changes

We will be learning to:

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

Summer 1

We will be learning to:

• Identify, name and compare common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

Spring 2

We will learn to:

-identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals

-describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals - fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals including pets.

Autumn 1

During Science in Autumn 1 the children will be looking at Materials and their properties, we are going 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 and metal.
• Describe the simple physical properties of everyday materials.
• Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties. 

Autumn 2

During Autumn 2 we are going to be conducting a range of experiments and scientific enquires. We will be:

• Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways.

• Observing closely, using simple equipment.

• Performing simple tests.

• Identifying and classifying.

• using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions. 

• Gathering and recording data to help in answering questions.

Spring 1

In year 1 we are learning to identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense. We will be carrying out simple tests and explaining our ideas.