Primary science curriculum review Content correlation between final (September 2013) and previous NC Schoolzone September 2013 01242 262906 philip@schoolzone.co.uk Introduction This correlation table is based on the September 2013 final version of the curriculum. Correlations to the previous standards were carried out by primary headteachers. Items in red text are new to the primary curriculum; those in orange have moved from one year group to the next while those in green are largely unchanged from the previous standards. Underlined items are content which was previously dispersed in other year groups and topics. Highlighted items are changes to the draft (Feb 2013 version): please see markup for further details. Note that this correlation relates only to the learning objectives, not to any changes in pedagogy, assessment or emphasis. Code numbers prefixing each learning objective have been introduced by Schoolzone for referencing purposes. This document is protected by copyright and may not be shared via TES or other websites. If you wish to share it, please use the link below, where updates will also be posted. Further support documents for the introduction of the new curriculum can be found at: http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/schools/NewCurriculum.asp CONTENTS Key Stage 1 5 Working scientifically 5 Year 1 6 Plants 6 Animals, including humans 6 Everyday materials 7 Light Seasonal changes Year 2 Error! Bookmark not defined. 7 8 All living things and their habitats 8 Plants 8 Animals, including humans 9 Uses of everyday materials 9 Sound Error! Bookmark not defined. Lower Key Stage 2 10 Working scientifically 10 Year 3 11 Plants 11 Animals, including humans 11 Rocks 12 Light 12 Forces and magnets 13 Year 4 All living things 14 Error! Bookmark not defined. Animals, including humans 14 States of matter 15 Sound 15 Electricity 16 Upper Key Stage 2 17 Working scientifically 17 Year 5 18 All living things 18 Animals, including humans 18 Properties and changes of materials 19 Earth and space 20 Forces 20 Year 6 21 All living things 21 Animals including humans 21 Evolution and inheritance 22 Light 22 Electricity 23 KS1 Primary science curriculum review | 5 Key Stage 1 Working scientifically Statutory requirements Correlation During Years 1 and 2, pupils should be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content: KS1Ws1: asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways Sc1 Scientific enquiry KS1Ws2: observing closely, using simple equipment KS1Ws3: performing simple tests KS1Ws4: identifying and classifying KS1Ws5: using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions KS1Ws6: gathering and recording data to help in answering questions. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year1 Primary science curriculum review | 6 Year 1 Statutory requirements Correlation Plants Pupils should be taught to: Y1Pl1: identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees Y1Pl1: identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees. Unit 1B: Growing plants – name some common plants Unit 1B: Growing plants – identify the leaf, root, stem and flower. Animals, including humans Pupils should be taught to: Y1An1: identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals Y1An2: identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores * Y1An3: describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets) Y1An4: identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense. Moved down from Unit 2B: Plants and animals in the local environment – identify a number of animals. It’s not clear if the children need to name animals within these groups or if they also need to be able to use and understand the names of the groups of animals e.g. amphibians, reptiles or carnivores, herbivores. The term ‘invertebrates’ previously not explored until Year 4 – Unit 4A: Moving and Growing; describing what a particular animal eats was not explored in detail until Year 4 in 4B Habitats.* This links to 1A Ourselves – identify that humans and other animals need food and drink to stay alive and identify some of the food eaten by humans and other animals. Unit 1A Ourselves – ask children about the variety of animals. Moved down from Unit 2C: Variation – living things can be grouped according to observable similarities and differences. Unit 1A Ourselves – identify and locate parts of their body, including sense organs Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year1 Primary science curriculum review | 7 Everyday materials Pupils should be taught to: Y1Ma1: distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made Y1Ma2: identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock Unit 1C: Sorting and using materials – name some common materials, describe materials and objects, group together objects made of the same material and name the material, identify and name the properties of materials. Y1Ma3: describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials Y1Ma4: compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties Seasonal changes Pupils should be taught to: Y1Sc1: observe changes across the four seasons Y1Sc2: observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies. Seasons and the weather may previously have been introduced in the EYFS through the ‘Understanding the World’ strand. Previously not explored in detail until Year 5 – Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon - the sun at different times of the year. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year2 Primary science curriculum review | 8 Year 2 Statutory requirements Correlation All living things and their habitats Pupils should be taught to: Y2Lt1: explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive. Y2Lt2: Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other Y2Lt3: Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats Y2Lt4: Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food. Moved up from Year 1 – Unit 1A: Ourselves – living and non-living things Some overlap with QCA Unit 2B: Plants and animals in the local environment , but now has a greater focus on adaptation and interdependence QCA Unit 4B: Habitats, Section 5: Using keys to identify plants and animals Food chains introduced in QCA Unit 4B: Habitats Feeding relationships from QCA Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation Plants Pupils should be taught to: Y2Pl1: observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants Y2Pl2: find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. Aspects moved up from Year 1 – Unit 1B: Growing plants – learn that plants grow; make careful observations of plants and communicate what happened; learn that green plants need light to grow; conclude that plants need water to grow. Unit 2B Plants and animals in the local environment – growing seeds Aspects moved down from Year 3 – Unit 3B: Helping plants grow well – plants and warmth Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year2 Primary science curriculum review | 9 Animals, including humans Pupils should be taught to: Y2An1: notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults Y2An2: find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air) Y2An3: describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene. Aspects moved up from Year 1 – Unit 1A: Ourselves – growing and changing; matching adult and baby animals. Unit 2A – Health and growth – children and young animals growing into adults. Aspects moved up from Year 1 – Unit 1A: Ourselves – that we need to eat and drink to stay alive; living and non-living things. Unit 2A – Health and growth - humans need water and food to stay alive. Hygiene is a new addition. Uses of everyday materials Pupils should be taught to: Y2Ma1: identify and compare the uses of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses Y2Ma2: find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. Y2Ma2: Compare how things move on different surfaces. Unit 2D: Grouping and changing materials – identify criteria for sorting, suggest uses for the materials from which objects are made. Unit 2D: Grouping and changing materials – objects made from some materials can be altered by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. QCA Unit 4E: Friction, Section 3: Sliding objects Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Lower KS2 Primary science curriculum review | 10 Lower Key Stage 2 Working scientifically During Years 3 and 4, pupils should be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content: KS2LWs1: asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them Sc1 Scientific enquiry KS2LWs2: setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests KS2LWs3: making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment, for example thermometers and data loggers KS2LWs4: gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions KS2LWs5: recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables KS2LWs6: reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions KS2LWs7: using results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions KS2LWs8: identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes KS2LWs9: using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 3 Primary science curriculum review | 11 Year 3 Statutory requirements Correlation Plants Pupils should be taught to: Y3Pl1: identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem, leaves and flowers Y3Pl2: explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant ‘Identifying the functions and parts of flowering plants’ has moved up from Year 2 – Unit 2C: Variation – identify parts common to plants. Unit 3B: Helping plants grow well – water is taken in through the roots; water is transported through the stem to other parts of the plant; water and plants; plants and light; plants and warmth; leaves, stems and roots. Y3Pl3: investigate the way in which water is transported within plants Moved down from Year 5 - Unit 5B: Plants Y3Pl4: explore the role of flowers in the life and life cycles – the life cycle of flowering cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, plants. seed formation and seed dispersal. Animals, including humans Pupils should be taught to: Unit 3A: Teeth and eating – describe a varied and balanced diet suggesting some foods that are needed for growth and some that enable us to be active. Y3An1: identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own Aspects of Unit 2A: Health and Growth food; they get nutrition from what they eat have been moved up from Year 2 – why we eat and drink; planning a meal. Y3An3: identify that humans and some animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement. Moved down from Year 4 – Unit 4A: Moving and growing – bone and skeletons, supporting the body, muscles and bones. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 3 Primary science curriculum review | 12 Rocks Pupils should be taught to: Y3Ro1: compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their simple physical properties Y3Ro2: describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock Y3Ro3: Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter. Unit 3D – Rocks and soils – grouping rocks How rocks or fossils are formed was not previously introduced until Year 8 – Units 8G & 8H – Rocks and Weathering; The Rock Cycle Unit 3D – Rocks and soils Previously only covered particle size and effects Light Pupils should be taught to: Y3Li1: recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light Y3Li2: notice that light is reflected from surfaces QCA Unit 1D: Light and dark Moved down from Year 6 – Unit 6F: How we see things – that we see light sources because light from the source enters our eyes; exploring mirrors; beams of light; reflection from surfaces Y3Li3: recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect their eyes Y3Li4: recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by a solid object QCA Unit 3F: Light and shadows previously only covered length of shadows. Y3Li5: find patterns in the way that the shadows change. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 3 Primary science curriculum review | 13 Forces and magnets Pupils should be taught to: Y3Fo1: compare how things move on different surfaces Y3Fo2: notice that some forces need contact between two objects and some forces act at a distance Y3Fo3: observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others Y3Fo4: compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials Moved down from Year 4 – 4E: Friction – the force between two moving surfaces in contact is called Friction. The new PoS guidance notes state pupils should ‘observe that magnetic forces can be transmitted without direct contact, unlike most forces, where direct contact is necessary (for example, opening a door, pushing a swing)’ Unit 3E: Magnets and Springs – exploring magnets; finding magnetic materials. Poles not previously covered Y3Fo5: describe magnets as having two poles Y3Fo6: predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 4 Primary science curriculum review | 14 Year 4 Statutory requirements Correlation Living things and their habitats Pupils should be taught to: Y4LT1: recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Y4LT2: explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Unit 4B Habitats Application of skills from a range of earlier units Y4LT2: recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things. Animals, including humans Pupils should be taught to: Y4An1: describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Y4An2: identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions. Digestion not previously covered at KS1/KS2. Aspects of Year 8 moved down – Unit 8A: Food and digestion – what happens to food inside the digestive system? Moved up from Year 3 – Unit 3A: Teeth and eating – looking at teeth; different types of teeth Y4An3: Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey. Food chains introduced in QCA Unit 4B: Habitats Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 4 Primary science curriculum review | 15 States of matter Pupils should be taught to: Y4Ma1: compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Y4Ma2: observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Y4Ma3: identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature. Unit 4D: Solids, liquids and how they can be separated – sorting liquids from solids; freezing and melting; melting temperatures. Aspects of Year 5 – Unit 5C: Gases around us moved down. Some aspects of Unit 2D: Grouping and changing materials moved up – changing by heating; melting ice; experimenting with melting ice; changing by cooling. Unit 4D: Solids, liquids and how they can be separated – freezing and melting; melting temperatures. Aspects of Year 5 - Unit 5D: Changing state moved down – the Water Cycle; evaporation and condensation. Sound Pupils should be taught to: Y4So1: identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Y4So2: recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Y4So3: find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Y4So4: find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Aspects of Year 1 – Unit 1F: Sound and Hearing moved up – sources of sounds; that we hear with our ears; sounds can be made in a variety of ways; that sounds get fainter as they travel away from a source; that sound seems louder the nearer you are to the source. Aspects of Year 5 – Unit 5F: Changing sounds moved down – that sounds are made when objects or materials vibrate; describing sounds; changing sounds; pitch in instruments; explaining sound. Y4So5: recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases. . Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 4 Primary science curriculum review | 16 Electricity Pupils should be taught to: Y4El1: identify common appliances that run on electricity Y4El2: construct a simple series electrical circuit identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Y4El3: identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Aspects of Year 2 – Unit 2F: Using electricity moved up – finding electrical appliances; making a circuit. Unit 4F: Circuits and conductors – making circuits that work; switches; conducting electricity; conducting and insulating materials. Y4El4: recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Y4El5: recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Upper KS2 Primary science curriculum review | 17 Upper Key Stage 2 Working scientifically Statutory requirements Correlation During Years 5 and 6, pupils should be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content: KS2UWs1: planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary Sc1 Scientific enquiry KS2UWs2: taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate KS2UWs3: recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, bar and line graphs KS2UWs4: using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests KS2UWs5: reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanation of results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations KS2UWs6: identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 5 Primary science curriculum review | 18 Year 5 Statutory requirements Correlation All living things Pupils should be taught to: Unit 5B: Life cycles Y5Lt1: explain the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird Y5Lt2:describe the life processes of reproduction in some plants and animals. Animals, including humans Pupils should be taught to: Y5An1: describe the changes as humans develop from birth to old age. QCA Unit 5B: Life cycles . Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 5 Primary science curriculum review | 19 Properties and changes of materials Pupils should be taught to: Y5Ma1: compare and group together everyday materials based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets Y5Ma2: understand that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution Y5Ma2: use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating Some aspects of Year 3 – Unit 3C: Characteristics of materials moved up. Also touches upon concepts introduced in Years 3 and 4 – Unit 3E: Magnets and springs – finding magnetic materials; Unit 4F: Circuits and conductors – conducting and insulating materials. Some aspects of Year 4 – Unit 4D: Solids, liquids and how they can be separated moved up - mixing solids; adding solids to water; separating solids and water; making solutions Unit 5C: Gases around us Some aspects of Year 6 – Unit 6D: Reversible and Irreversible Changes moved up – mixing materials with water; filtration and evaporation. Application of skills from a range of earlier units Y5Ma3: give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic Unit 5D: Changing state – reversible changes of state. Y5Ma4: demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes. Y5Ma5: Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda. QCA Unit 6D: Reversible and irreversible changes Section 3: Making new materials and Section 5: Burning Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 5 Earth and space Pupils should be taught to: Y5Ma1: describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system Primary science curriculum review | 20 The QCA SoW did not refer to space or the solar system previously – only the Earth, Sun and Moon Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon – the movement of the Earth; the Moon’s orbit; flat or spherical? Y5Ma2: describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth Y5Ma3: describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies Y5Ma4: use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky. Forces Pupils should be taught to: Y5Fo1: explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object Y5Fo2: identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces Y5Fo3: recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears, allow a smaller force to have a greater effect. Unit 6E: Forces in action, section 2, Gravity and weight Unit 6E: Forces in action, sections 7. Explaining how paper falls and 8. Investigating air resistance Previously KS3 Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 6 Primary science curriculum review | 21 Year 6 Statutory requirements Correlation All living things Pupils should be taught to: Y6Lt1: describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Application of skills from a range of previous units Y6Lt2: Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics. Previously KS3, QCA Unit 7D Unit 6B: Micro-organisms Animals including humans Y6An1: identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and explain the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood Y6An2: recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Y6An3: describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans. Previously in QCA Unit 5A: Keeping healthy, Section 5: The heart and lungs #Unit 5A: Keeping healthy, Section 3 New reference to lifestyle Previously KS3, QCA Unit 8A: Food and digestion Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 6 Primary science curriculum review | 22 Evolution and inheritance Pupils should be taught to: Y6Ev1: recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Y6Ev2:recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Y6Ev3: identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and describe how adaptation leads to evolution. Some coverage of fossils as feature of sedimentary rock at KS3, QCA Unit 8H: The rock cycle First introduced in Year 5 – 5B Life Cycles - adults have young and these grow into adults which in turn produce young. Evolution and inheritance not previously covered at KS1/KS2. Aspects of Year – 7D: Variation and classification and Year 9 – Unit 9A: Inheritance and selection moved down. Adaptation first introduced in Unit 6A – Interdependence and Adaptation. Y6Ev3: Light Pupils should be taught to: Y6Li1: understand that light appears to travel in straight lines Unit 6F: How we see things Y6Lii2: use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Y6Li3: Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Y6Li4: use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Year 6 Primary science curriculum review | 23 Electricity Pupils should be taught to: Y6El1: associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Unit 6G: Changing circuits Y6El2: compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches. Y6El3: use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram. Correlations are the intellectual property of Schoolzone.co.uk Ltd Schoolzone Formal House 60 St Georges Place Cheltenham GL50 3PN 01242 262906 research@schoolzone.co.uk Further support documents for the introduction of the new curriculum can be found at: http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/schools/NewCurriculum.asp