d. Knowledge Progression (Mixed-Age Aligned)
Kapow structures scientific knowledge into seven key areas with components sequenced for mixed-age progress — ensuring pupils meet end-of-key-stage expectations by completing Cycle A and Cycle B.
Biology
- Plants: naming & parts → growth needs → reproduction & life cycles.
- Animals including humans: body parts & senses → nutrition & growth → skeleton, muscles, digestion & teeth → circulation & health.
- Living things & habitats: basic classification & simple food chains → habitat dependence & adaptation → broader classification & changing environments → evolution & inheritance (UKS2).
Chemistry
- Materials: properties & uses → rocks & soils → states of matter & water cycle → properties & changes; mixtures & separation; reversible/irreversible change.
Physics
- Energy (light, sound, electricity): seeing/light & shadows → sound & vibration → circuits/components, conductors/insulators → advanced light/reflection applications.
- Forces, Earth & space: seasonal changes → forces & magnets → Earth & space, gravitational ideas → balanced/imbalanced forces & mechanisms (gears/levers).
Mixed-age progression documents confirm that all statements are covered across the two-year rolling cycle.