Year 1 Science Medium term plan 2014 – 2015
Term
Topic theme
Science Objectives
Autumn1
King of the
Jungle
Animals Including Humans
1. Identify and name a variety of common
animals including fish, amphibians,
reptiles, birds and mammals.
2. Identify and name a variety of common
animals that are carnivores, herbivores
and omnivores.
3. Describe and compare the structure of
a variety of common animals (fish,
animals, reptiles, birds and mammals,
including pets)
Working Scientifically
1. Ask simple questions and recognise
that they can be answered in different
ways
5. Use their observations and ideas to
suggest answers to questions
6. Gather and record data to help answer
questions
Linked Maths
Objectives
Linked Speaking
and Listening
Objectives
Use relevant
strategies to build
their vocabulary
Listen and respond
appropriately to
adults and their
peers (Monkey
Forest visit,
presnetations on
favourite animals,
guide dogs for the
blind assembly /
visitor)
Ask relevant
questions to extend
their understanding
and knowledge
(Monkey Forest
visit, assemblies,
visitors,
investigations)
Use spoken
language to
develop
understanding
through
speculating,
hypothesising,
imagining and
exploring ideas
Vocabulary
Animals,
including
humans:
amphibians, arms,
birds, body parts,
carnivores, ears,
elbows,
environment, eyes,
face, fish, habitat,
hair, head, hearing,
herbivores, knees,
legs, mammals,
mouth, neck,
omnivores, pets,
reptiles, seeing,
senses, smells,
sounds, taste,
teeth, touch.
Working
scientifically:
changes over time,
comparing,
contrasting, criteria,
data/results,
describing,
equipment,
grouping, identify,
name,
observations,
patterns, record,
sorting, test.
Resources
Autumn
2
Children
Around the
World
Seasonal Changes, Earth and Space
(Autumn and Winter)
1. Observe changes across the four
seasons (Autumn and Winter)
2. Observe and describe weather
associated with the seasons and how
day length varies.
Working Scientifically
2.Observe closely using simple equipment
5. Use their observations and ideas to
suggest answers to questions
6.Gather and record data to help answer
questions
Measuring and
time
To sequence
events in
chronological order
using language
such as: before and
after, next, first,
today, yesterday,
tomorrow, morning,
afternoon and
evening.
To measure and
begin to record the
following:
● capacity and
volume (rainfall)
● time (hours,
minutes, seconds).
Time and using
standard units

To
recognise and use
language relating to
dates, including
days of the week,
weeks, months and
years.
● To tell the time to
the hour and half
past the hour and
draw the hands on
Use relevant
strategies to build
their vocabulary
Use spoken
language to
develop
understanding
through
speculating,
hypothesising,
imagining and
exploring ideas
Seasonal
changes: autumn,
dark, day length,
days, hours, light,
months, moon,
movement,
shadow, spring,
summer, sun,
winter.
a clock face
to show these
times.
Spring 1
Spring 2
Materials
Can
superheroes 1. Distinguish between an object and the
save the
material from which it is made.
world?
2. Identify and name a variety of everyday
materials, including wood, plastic,
glass, metal, water and rock.
3. Describe the simple physical properties
of a variety of everyday materials
4. Compare and group together a variety
of everyday materials on the basis of
their simple physical properties
Animals Including Humans
4. Identify, name, draw and label the basic
parts of the human body and say which
part of the body is associated with each
sense.
Working Scientifically
1. Ask simple questions
3. Perform simple tests.
5. Use their observations and ideas to
suggest answers to questions
6. Gather and record data to help answer
questions
Is my Xbox
better than
Grandma’s
toys?
Seasonal Changes, Earth and Space
(Spring)
1. Observe changes across the four
seasons (Spring)
Use relevant
strategies to build
their vocabulary
Measuring and
time
To measure and
begin to record the
following:
● lengths and
heights
● mass/weight
Measuring and
time
To sequence
events in
Give wellstructured
descriptions,
explanations, and
narratives for
different purposes,
including for
expressing feelings
Use spoken
language to
develop
understanding
through
speculating,
hypothesising,
imagining and
exploring ideas
Use relevant
strategies to build
their vocabulary
Everyday
materials:
absorbent/not
absorbent,
bending, bendy/not
bendy, gas, glass,
hard/soft, liquid,
metal, plastic,
property, rock,
rough/smooth,
shiny/dull, solid,
squashing,
stretching,
stretchy/stiff,
twisting, water,
waterproof/not
waterproof, wood.
Working
scientifically:
changes over time,
comparing,
contrasting, criteria,
data/results,
describing,
equipment,
grouping, identify,
name,
observations,
patterns, record,
sorting, test.
Seasonal
changes: autumn,
dark, day length,
days, hours, light,
2. Observe and describe weather
associated with the seasons and how
day length varies.
Working Scientifically
2.Observe closely using simple equipment
5. Use their observations and ideas to
suggest answers to questions
6.Gather and record data to help answer
questions
Summer
2
Home and
Away
Seasonal Changes, Earth and Space
(Summer)
1. Observe changes across the four
seasons (Summer)
2. Observe and describe weather
associated with the seasons and how
day length varies.
chronological order
using language
such as: before and
after, next, first,
today, yesterday,
tomorrow, morning,
afternoon and
evening.
To measure and
begin to record the
following:
● capacity and
volume (rainfall)
● time (hours,
minutes, seconds).
Time and using
standard units

To
recognise and use
language relating
to dates, including
days of the week,
weeks, months
and years.
● To tell the time to
the hour and half
past the hour and
draw the hands on
a clock face
to show these
times.
Measuring and
time
To sequence
events in
chronological order
using language
such as: before and
Use spoken
language to
develop
understanding
through
speculating,
hypothesising,
imagining and
exploring ideas
months, moon,
movement,
shadow, spring,
summer, sun,
winter.
Use relevant
strategies to build
their vocabulary
Seasonal
changes: autumn,
dark, day length,
days, hours, light,
months, moon,
movement,
shadow, spring,
Maintain attention
and participate
actively in
Plants
1. Identify and name a variety of common
wild and garden plants, including
deciduous and evergreen trees.
2. Identify and describe the basic structure
of a variety of common flowering plants,
including trees.
Working Scientifically
1. Ask simple questions
2. Observe closely using simple
equipment.
4.Identify and classify
after, next, first,
today, yesterday,
tomorrow, morning,
afternoon and
evening.
To measure and
begin to record the
following:
● capacity and
volume (rainfall)
● time (hours,
minutes, seconds).
Time and using
standard units
 To recognise
and use
language
relating to
dates, including
days of the
week, weeks,
months and
years.
● To tell the time to
the hour and half
past the hour and
draw the hands on
a clock face
to show these
times.
collaborative
conversations,
staying on topic
and initiating and
responding to
comments
Use spoken
language to
develop
understanding
through
speculating,
hypothesising,
imagining and
exploring ideas
summer, sun,
winter.
Plants: branches,
bud, bulb,
deciduous tree,
evergreen tree,
flowers, fruit,
garden/flowering
plants, leaves,
petals, roots, seed,
stem, trunk, wild
plants.
Working
scientifically:
changes over time,
comparing,
contrasting, criteria,
data/results,
describing,
equipment,
grouping, identify,
name,
observations,
patterns, record,
sorting, test.