Our approach
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11

Primary Intent

Science has changed our lives and how we interact with the world in which we live. The aim of our Science Curriculum is to provide all Ark Globe Primary students with the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics.

Ark Globe Primary’s Science Curriculum is rich in key foundational knowledge and concepts, students are encouraged to recognise the power of rational explanation and develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena. Throughout Key stages 1 and 2 they will learn to use Science to explain what is occurring around them, predict how things might behave and analyse the cause.

Our Science curriculum ensures that the foundational building blocks in biology, chemistry and physics are developed in Key stages 1 and 2. It is vitally important that all students develop a secure understanding of each block of knowledge to progress to the next stage. Some of the units follow directly on from others, building on students’ prior knowledge and understanding (such as the chemistry strand, which starts with common materials in Ks1 and builds up to changing states of matter in upper Ks2). Other Units are not directly linked to previous learning, such as many of the Units within the physics strand of Science. These have been sequenced so that a student’s breadth of knowledge is built upon year after year.

Science is taught twice a week in Years 1-6. Every lesson has a key question that is answered during the lesson. Our students are taught to answer these key questions using our Scientific disciplinary skills (working scientifically skills).

Disciplinary Skills of Science

  • Questioning
  • Observing over time, pattern seeking
  • Testing (comparative and fair testing)
  • Classification
  • Drawing conclusions and evaluation
  • Evidence based learning

These disciplinary skills are taught within the content of biology, chemistry and physics, and focus on the key features of scientific enquiry, so that our students learn to use a variety of approaches to answer relevant scientific questions.

In addition to this, Science also encouraged students to develop life skills such as

  • Curiosity
  • Confidence
  • Critical thinking
  • Motivation
  • Creativity
     

Secondary Intent

Our Science curriculum prepares our students for university and to be leaders in their community by:

  1. Exposing students to STEM careers and the fundamental science underpinning the world around them.
  2.  Allowing students to form their own ideas and and then test them scientifically.
  3. Questioning, testing, interpreting evidence and communicating key scientific concepts.

So that students make decisions based on evidence and lead the scientific discoveries of tomorrow.

“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” — Rosalind Franklin

Year 1

Autumn

Everyday Materials

Autumn and Winter
Spring
Amazing Animals
Summer

Spring and Summer

Plants

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - History

Year 2

Autumn

Animals: Need for Survival

Use of Materials
Spring
Habitats
Summer

Protecting our Environment

Plants: Bulbs and Growth

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - History

Year 3

Autumn

Skeletons and Muscles

Rocks and Fossils
Spring

Light and Shadows
Summer

Plants: Need for Survival

Forces and Magnets

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - History

Year 4

Autumn

Teeth and Digestion

States of Matter
Spring
Classification and Environments
Summer

Sound 

Electricity

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - History

Year 5

Autumn

Earth and Space

Forces
Spring
Materials: Properties and Changes
Summer

Life Cycles

Growing Old

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - History

Year 6

Autumn

Light and Perceptions

Classification
Spring
Evolution and Inheritance
Summer

Electricity

Circulation and Lifestyle

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - History

Year 7

Autumn

B1.1 Cells (Cells are Alive)

C1.1 Particles (Structure Determines properties)

P1.1 Forces (Forces predict motion)

B1.2 Reproduction (Characteristics are Inherited)
Spring

C1.2 Atoms, Elements and Compounds (Structure Determines properties)

P1.2 Space

B1.3 Interdependence (Organisms are Interdependent)
Summer

C1.3 Mixtures (Structure Determines Properties)

P1.3 Energy (Energy Is Conserved)

P1.4 Electrical Circuits (Electricity transfers energy)

All Year 7 subjects Next Year 7 Subject - History

Year 8

Autumn

B2.1 Tissues and Organs (Bodies are Systems)

C2.1 Acids and Alkalis (Reactions rearrange matter)

P2.1 Movement and Pressure (Forces Predict Motion)

B2.2 Respiration and Photosynthesis
Spring

C2.2 Changing Substances

P2.2 Magnetism

B2.3 Life Diversity

C2.3 Earth Systems
Summer

P2.3 Resistance (Electricity transfers energy)

B2.4 Nutrition

P2.4 Light (Radiation transfers energy)

All Year 8 subjects Next Year 8 Subject - History

Year 9

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

B3.1 Growth and Differentiation

C3.1 The periodic Table

P3.1 Acceleration

B3.2 Human Interaction
Spring 1 Spring 2

C3.2 Introduction to Quantitative Chemistry

P3.2 Heating		 B3.3 Genetics
Summer 1 Summer 2
C3.3 Using Resources

P3.3 Sound and Waves

P3.4 Home Electricity

All Year 9 subjects Next Year 9 Subject - History

Year 10

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

B4.1 Organ Systems (Part 1 - The Digestive System) (Bodies are Systems)

C4.1 Structure and Bonding (Structure Determines Properties)

P4.1 Movement (Forces Predict Motion)

B4.1 Organ Systems (Part 2 - The Heart, Lungs and Blood Vessels) (Bodies Are Systems)

C4.2 Extraction of Metals (Reactions Rearrange Matter)
Spring 1 Spring 2

B4.2 Plant and Material Cycling (Ecosystems Cycle Resources)

P4.2 Energy Conservation (Energy is Conserved)

C4.3 Quantitative Chemistry (Reactions Rearrange Matter)

P4.3 Electric Circuits and Energy (Electricity Transfers Energy)
Summer 1 Summer 2

B4.3 Health and Disease (Bodies Are Systems)

P4.4 Radioactivity (Radiation Transfers Energy)

B4.4 Ecology (Organisms Are Interdependent)

C4.4 Energy Changes (Reactions Rearrange Matter)

All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - History

Year 11

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

B5.1 Feedback and Control (Bodies are System)

C5.1 Carbon Chemistry (Structure Determines Properties)

B5.2 Controlling Reproduction (Characteristics Are Inherited)

C5.2 Controlling Reactions (Reactions Rearrange Matter)

P5.1 Electromagnetic Radiation (Radiation Transfers Energy)
Spring 1 Spring 2

B5.3 Controlling Nature (Species Show Variation)

C5.3 Our Atmosphere (Earth Systems Interact)

P5.2 Force Fields (Fields Produce Forces)

B5.4 Evolution (Species Show Variation)

C5.4 Chemical Analysis (Structure Determines Properties)

All Year 11 subjects Next Year 11 Subject - History