KS1 Science
In Key Stage 1 Pupils study the Seasons and develop an early conceptual understanding of how day becomes night.
An understanding of change over time connects to the study of Plants, including trees. This focus enables children to associate trees as belonging to the plant kingdom and notice the changes deciduous trees go through connected to the seasons.
Contrasting that study, pupils learn about Animals, including humans. Non-examples of plants are used to contrast the features of an animal.
Pupils are introduced to identifying and classifying materials.
Scientific terms, such as transparent, translucent and opaque are taught explicitly through vocabulary instruction and pupils make further sense by applying it to what they know and then to working and thinking scientifically tasks.
This substantive knowledge is enriched by pupils’ use of disciplinary knowledge through scientific enquiry.