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Planning for Science

1.) National Curriculum overview - Key stage 1 | Key stage 2

2.) Lesson support - Examples of planning sheets are included in this section. It also contains guidance sheets and checklists.

Common approach to science planning;
Science planning - template
Planning Checklist;
Quick checks;
Termly overview - blank
Teacher’s Science Files;
Recommended contents for resources boxes;

3.) Lesson Ideas - the materials are arranged according to each strand of Science. You can then adapt or change the materials to suit your specific year group. The lesson plans which are featured here are based on the QCA units. It is hoped that this will be an expanding section to which teachers can submit lesson ideas and resources.

SC1 Science Enquiry:
Scienctific enquiry poster; Scientific enquiry (.flp file) Scientific enquiries (.et file) Types of science enquiry poster;

SC2 Life Processes:
Y6 Booster lesson - Microorganisms; Y6 Revision programme - Living Processes;

SC3 Materials and their properties:
Yr Booster lesson -Dissolving; Y6 Booster lesson - Melting-Freezing-Dissolvinig; Y6 Booster lesson Separating Materials;	Y4 lesson plan - Solid, Liquids and Gases; Y6 Booster lesson - Reversible and irreversible change; Y6 Programme of work - Materials; Y6 Revision programme - Materials;

SC4 Physical Processes:	Topic webs:
Y6 Revision lessons - Forces; Y6 Booster lesson - Forces; Y3 lesson plan - Magnets; Y6 lesson plan - Upthrust; Y6 Revision programme - Physical Processes;	Earth, Sun and Moon; Electricity; Sound; Light; Forces;

4.) Transition project - 'Hackney Central Police!' Both primary and secondary projects have cross-curricular links to literacy and numeracy lessons which develop the HCP Hackney theme. Please click on the documents to view.

Teachers' handbook | Pupils' booklet | Differentiated text for pupil's book | Useful Words for Y6 Transition project |