Science
The National Curriculum for Science aims to ensure all pupils:
- Develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific areas of biology, chemistry and physics.
- Develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of science enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them.
- Are equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future.
Areas covered are:
Working scientifically
Plants
Animals, including humans
Everyday materials
Seasonal changes
Living things and their habitats
Rocks
Light
Forces and magnets
States of matter
Sound
Electricity
Earth and space
Evolution and inheritance