EYFS

• Exploring change and materials through play; seasonal change logs; planting and observing growth; balloon rockets for early forces; “I am a scientist” routines.
• Pupil Voice: “The egg went all wobbly! It changed!” (egg in vinegar); “My rocket zoomed!” (balloon rockets).

Year 1/2

• Seasonal changes, everyday materials, habitats, plant growth, life cycles and health — with simple tests and classifying activities.
• Pupil Voice: “The potato clock was amazing!” / “The lemon battery actually worked!” (electricity in context).

Year 3/4

• Light and shadows; rocks and soils; movement and nutrition; digestion and teeth; circuits and conductors; fair tests and data logging.
• Pupil Voice: “Chromatography was like solving a mystery” / “The Chladni plates were awesome.”

Year 5/6

• Properties & changes of materials; mixtures & separation; Earth & space; circulation & health; evolution & inheritance; light/reflection; advanced investigations.
• Pupil Voice: “We used real scientific equipment” / “I finally understand why shuttles get so hot.”

Whole-school enrichment

• 2023 - Theme: Curiosity, Investigation & Community. A range of investigations, from egg rolling and bridge building, to “space rainbows”, data-gathering treasure hunts and a huge multi-system workshop
• 2024 – TIME: water clocks, potato/lemon batteries, chromatography, links to astronauts.
• 2025 – Change & Adapt: milk-plastic, Van de Graaff, Chladni plates, lamb ultrasound, environmental sensors.
• 2026 – Curiosity/Space: coding a Mars landing, rover egg-lander engineering, meteor impact testing, regolith/soil studies, Oxford fossils visit, live Q&A with a scientist.