Progression in Scientific

knowledge, concepts & skills

EYFS

(Early Learning Goals)

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

KS3

Concepts

Changes

Similarity and Difference

Working Scientifically

Children know about similarities and difference in relation to places, objects, materials and living things.

Children talk about features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another

Children make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur and talk about changes

Observe changes across the four seasons

Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies (Seasonal Changes)

Describe movement of the Earth and other planets, relative to the sun

Describe movement of the moon relative to the Earth

Know the relationship between the Sun, Earth and Moon (spherical bodies)

Know about the Earth’s rotation (day/night)

Gravity force, weight = mass x gravitational field strength (g), on Earth g=10 N/kg, different on other planets and stars; gravity forces between Earth and Moon, and between Earth and Sun (qualitative only)

Our Sun as a star, other stars in our galaxy, other galaxies

The seasons and the Earth’s tilt, day length at different times of year, in different hemispheres

The light year as a unit of astronomical distance

Possible Learning Challenge questions

Where do day and night come from?

What is it like in space?