A homework task for the Year 5 science topic, ‘Earth and space’. Children have to complete the moon diary every night for four weeks. They record their observations by writing the date and drawing the shape of the moon. Once completed, the diaries can be brought back into school and will provide a good starting point for exploring the lunar phases. Children will be able to compare diaries and look for any patterns and trends.

A vocabulary sheet to cover the Year 5 science topic, ‘Animals, including humans’. Useful for teaching vocabulary, as a form of assessment, or just to revisit and add to as children progress through the unit. Key words can be altered as needed.

An activity to cover the Year 5 science topic, ‘Animals, including humans’. LI: To describe what happens during the prenatal stage of human development Contains a prompt to stick in books with four questions about the prenatal stage of human development. Contains key words in green.

A lesson to cover the Year 5 science topic, ‘Animals, including humans’. LI: To describe the changes that occur during the infancy stage of human development Includes a ‘Guess the infant’ activity. Use photos of staff as infants as a hook into the lesson – can children work with their table to guess who is in each photo? Children have to create a timeline to show the changes that occur in humans during the infancy stage of development (from birth to 2 years). Children use an I-pad/tablet to research the average age when these changes occur. Differentiated activity. Children to draw the timeline in their science books, thinking carefully about how to space out the intervals at equal distances. Ready-made timelines are provided to support lower ability pupils if needed. Challenge on the prompt sheet - children to find two more changes that occur during infancy and add them to the timeline in a different colour.