Science in Year 6
By the end of Year 6, the children will have the skills, knowledge and tools to enable them to be passionate, analystical and successful scientists as they prepare for learning Science at secondary school. They will learn and explore animals including humans, living things and their habitats, evolution and inheritance and electricity. Below there is more detail about what will be learnt by the end of each topic and useful links to support your child to retain what they have learnt at home.
Year 6 - Autumn 1
Living Things and their Habitats
Year 6 - Autumn 2
Light
Year 6 - Spring 1
Evolution and Inheritance
Year 6 - Spring 2
Animals including Humans
Year 6 - Summer 1
Animals including humans (part 2)
Year 6 - Summer 2
Electricity
Useful links
Did you know? Every day on Radio 4, children can learn about a different bird by listening to Tweet of the Day? It is an extremely interesting one minute chunk of information read by an actor or environmentalist about a bird that lives in the UK. You can listen and subscribe to Tweet of the Day at BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s6xyk
Examples of Science in Year 6
The children have lots of opportunities to experiment using their Working Scientifically Skills and present their data using skills they have learnt in maths.