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