| Autumn 1 (Sept – Oct) | Autumn 2 (Nov – Dec) | Spring 1 (Jan – Feb) | Spring 2 (Mar – Apr) | Summer (May – Jun) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic Title | Cells - the Building Blocks of Life | Eating, Drinking and Breathing. | Mixing, Dissolving and Separating. | Forces and their Effects | Energy Transfers and Sound | |
| Mixing, Dissolving and Separating | Elements, Compounds and Reactions | |||||
| Key Skills and Content | • Cells, Tissues, Organs and Body Systems. | • Using laboratory equipment. | • Separating mixtures | • Types of force and their effects | • Energy stores & transfers | |
| • Reproduction in plants | • Health and the digestive system | • Elements, Atoms and the Periodic Table. | • Friction and drag forces | • Transferring more energy: Fuels. | ||
| • Reproduction in humans. | • The breathing system. | • Reactions. | • Levers and turning forces. | • Energy carried by sound: Waves and hearing. | ||
| • Mixtures and Solutions. | ||||||
| Summative | Combination of: | Combination of: | Combination of: | Combination of: | End of year cumulative test | |
| Assessment | End of unit test | End of unit test | End of unit test | End of unit test | ||
| and half-term Project | and half-term Project | and half-term Project | and half-term Project |
