To build and maintain all students’ natural curiosity about themselves and the world around them by empowering students to ask questions, gain knowledge and understanding of different phenomena in our universe.
| Biology | Cells are fundamental units of living organisms which include adapted structures to support larger functions in the organism. |
| Living organisms may form populations of single species, communities of many species and ecosystems, interacting with each other and/or with the environment. |
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| Life on Earth is dependent on photosynthesis in which green plants and algae trap light from the Sun to fix carbon dioxide and combine it with hydrogen. | |
| Organic compounds are used as fuels in cellular respiration to allow the other chemical reactions necessary for life. | |
| The chemicals in an ecosystem are continually cycling through the natural world. | |
| The characteristics of a living organism are influenced by its genome and its interaction with the environment. |
Autumn term 1
Seasonal changes
Autumn term 2
Seasonal changes
Spring term 1
Seasonal changes: Winter
Spring term 2
Seasonal changes: Spring
Summer term 1
Animals including Humans: Life cycles
Summer term 2
Plants: Growing
Autumn term 1
Animals including Humans: Ourselves
Autumn term 2
Animals including Humans: Our pets
Spring term 1
Everyday materials: Let’s Build
Spring term 2
Everyday materials:
Marvellous Materials
Summer term 1
Summer term 2
Plants: What’s growing in our garden?
Autumn term 1
Animals including Humans: Healthy Animals
Autumn term 2
Living things and their habitats: Habitats
Spring term 1
Everyday Materials: Materials Matter
Spring term 2
Everyday Materials: Squash, Bend, Twist, Stretch
Summer term 1
Plants: Ready, Steady, Grow!
Summer term 2
Living things and their habitats: Gardens and Allotments
Autumn term 1
Animals including Humans: Keeping Healthy
Autumn term 2
Rocks: Rocks and Fossils
Spring term 1
Light: Light and Shadows
Spring term 2
Forces and Magnets: Amazing Magnets
Summer term 1
Plants: Roots and Shoots
Summer term 2
Plants: Artful flowers, fruits and seeds
Autumn term 1
Electricity: It’s electric!
Autumn term 2
States of Matter
Spring term 1
Sound: Listen up!
Spring term 2
Living things and their habitats: Name that living thing!
Summer term 1
Animals including humans: Are these your teeth?
Summer term 2
Living things and their habitats: Help our habitats!
Autumn term 1
Earth and Space: Space presenters
Autumn term 2
Forces: May the force be with you
Spring term 1
Properties of materials: Music festival materials
Spring term 2
Changes of materials: changing materials
Summer term 1
Living things and their habitats: The art of living
Summer term 2
Animals including humans: Life explorers
Autumn term 1
Light: Crime lab investigation
Autumn term 2
Electricity: Electric celebrations
Spring term 1
Living things and their habitats: classification connoisseurs
Spring term 2
Evolution and inheritance: The game of survival
Summer term 1
Animals including Humans: The art of being human
Summer term 2
Second Look science: The science of Sport
Autumn term 1
Particles
Autumn term 2
Energy stores and transfer
Spring term 1
Cells and organisation
Spring term 2
Separation techniques
Summer term 1
Forces pressure and space
Summer term 2
Forces pressure and space
Autumn term 1
Waves
Autumn term 2
Respiratory, digestive and circulatory systems
Spring term 1
Periodic table, chemical reaction and acids and bases
Spring term 2
Electricity and magnetism
Summer term 1
Reproductive systems and genetics
Summer term 2
Autumn term 1
Key concepts Chemistry and Biology
Autumn term 2
Key concepts Chemistry and Biology
Spring term 1
Atomic structure and periodic table
Spring term 2
Cell Biology
Summer term 1
Chemical analysis
Summer term 2
Using resources
Autumn term 1
Combined:
Triple:
Bioenergetics
Organisation
Atomic structure
Structure and bonding
Particle model of matter
Electricity
Autumn term 2
Combined:
Particle model of matter and Electricity
Triple:
Bioenergetics
Organisation
Structure and bonding
Chemical changes – metals and electrolysis
Electricity
Atomic structure
Spring term 1
Combined:
Bonding and Metal Extraction
Triple:
Chemical changes – Acids and bases
Atomic structure
Forces
Spring term 2
Combined:
Infection and response and Ecology
Triple:
Quantitative Chemistry
Forces
Summer term 1
Combined:
Quantitative Chemistry, Energy Changes and Making Salts
Triple:
Energetics and fuel cells
Summer term 2
Combined:
Triple:
Autumn term 1
Combined:
Atomic structure
Forces and electromagnetism
Triple:
Atomic structure
Rate and extent of chemical change
Homeostasis and response
Autumn term 2
Combined:
Rate and extent of chemical change
Energy changes
Organic Chemistry
Chemistry of the atmosphere
Triple:
Homeostasis and response
Spring term 1
Combined:
Homeostasis and Inheritance
Chemical analysis
Using resources
Triple:
Spring term 2
Combined:
Triple:
Summer term 1
Combined:
Triple:
Summer term 2
Combined:
Triple:
Autumn term 1
Biology:
Biological molecules
Cells
Chemistry:
Amount of substance
Atomic structure
Physics:
Mechanics
Autumn term 2
Biology:
Biological molecules
Cells
Chemistry:
Physics:
Materials
Spring term 1
Biology:
Organisms exchange substances with environment
Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms
Chemistry:
Introduction to Organic Chemistry
Energetics
Alkanes and Halogenoalkanes
Physics:
Particles and Radiation
Spring term 2
Biology:
Organisms exchange substances with environment
Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms
Chemistry:
Kinetics and Equilibria
Alkenes and Alcohols
Physics:
Electricity
Summer term 1
Biology:
Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems
The Control of Gene Expression
Chemistry:
Organic analysis
Carbonyls and polymerisation
Physics:
Further Mechanics
Summer term 2
Biology:
Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems
The Control of Gene Expression
Chemistry:
Thermodynamics
Advanced Organic Chemistry – Carbonyls and polymerisation
Physics:
Thermal Physics
Autumn term 1
Biology:
Energy transfers in and between organisms
Organisms respond to changes in their internal and external environment
Chemistry:
Aromatic and Amines
Acids/Bases and Buffers
Physics:
Fields
Autumn term 2
Biology:
Chemistry:
Aromatic and Amines
Physics:
Nuclear Physics
Spring term 1
Biology:
Chemistry:
Periodicity
Transition Metals
Physics:
Astrophysics Optional Module
Spring term 2
Summer term 1
Summer term 2