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Science
We use the "Discover
the Wonder" Science programme from the United States. Children are
encouraged to experiment and investigate at all levels. They explore
outcomes and come to their own conclusions individually before meeting
as a group to discuss results and learn about what they have discovered.
The programme has excellent textbooks and support materials such as
study sheets, ideas for further activities in each topic, end of chapter
assessments and most importantly, a kit containing items needed for
experiments in each module.
(Year 4)
Hands on Science
(Year 5/6)
(Year 4)
List of topics in Science from Reception
to Year 6. Teachers choose three of the topics to study each year.
Reception:
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The five senses; Growing and changing;
Being healthy
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Living/non living things; Animals;
Plants
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Sound/heat/cold/light
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Using land and water; Earth and sky;
Weather
Year 1 :
Year 2 :
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Living things
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Changes over time
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Making things move
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The earth and sky
Year 3 :
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Climates and
Adaptations
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Plants, Food chains
and Nutrition
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Natural resources
and Simple machines
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Energy, Animal
movement and Transportation
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Sound energy and
Hearing
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People, Pollution
and Recycling
Year 4 :
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The Solar
System
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Water cycle,
Erosion, Oceans
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Changes in
earth’s crust
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Adaptations
and Flight
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Weather,
Climate and Seasons
- Diversity
of life in an ecosystem
Year 5 :
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Minerals,
Atoms and Cells
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Forces, Work
and Machines
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Laws of
motion, Body movements and Gravity
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Solar energy
and its uses
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Electrical,
nerve and broadcasting signals
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Plant growth,
Genetics and Farming
Year 6 :
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Galaxies, The
universe and Astronomy
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Cells, Genes
and Heredity
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Earth’s
geologic past and Evolution
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Surviving in
different habitats
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Water,
electrical and manufacturing systems
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Maintaining a
balanced ecosystem
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