This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 6 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Electricity’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: What you should already know (from prior learning); Circuit Diagrams; Electrical Safety; Variation Components; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 6 children relating to ‘Electricity:’ -Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit -Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches -Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 6 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Living things and their habitats’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: What you should already know (from learning in earlier years); In-depth Classification of Animals; Linnaeus Classification; Classification in Habitats; Classification of Humans; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 6 children relating to ‘Living things and their habitats’: -Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals; -Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 6 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Light’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: Overview; How We See Things; How Light Travels; Our Eyes; Light Spectrum; Key Vocabulary (underlined). The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 6 children relating to ‘Light:’ -Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines; -Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye; -Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes; -Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 5 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Properties and Changes of Materials’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: What you should already know (from learning in earlier years); Grouping Materials by Properties; Solutions and Separation; Reversible and Irreversible Changes; Types of Reversible and Irreversible Changes; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 5 children relating to ‘Properties and Changes of Materials’: -Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets; -Know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution; -Use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating; -Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic; -Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes; -Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 6 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Evolution and Inheritance’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: Overview; Inheritance and Mutation; Evidence of Evolution; Adaptation; Animal Adaptations; Key Vocabulary (underlined). The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 6 children relating to ‘Evolution and Inheritance:’ -Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago; -Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents; -Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 5 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Living things and their habitats’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: What you should already know (from learning in earlier years); Animal Life Cycles; Plant Life Cycles; Habitat Changes; Naturalists and Animal Behaviourists; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 5 children relating to ‘Living things and their habitats’: -Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird; -Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 5 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Forces’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: What you should already know (from prior learning); Gravity; Definition of Forces; Machines and Mechanisms; Types of Machines and Mechanisms; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 5 children relating to ‘Forces’: -explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object; -identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces; -recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears, allow a smaller force to have a greater effect. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 5 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Sound’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: Overview; The Solar System; The Sun and the Moon; The Planets; Planets Facts; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 5 children relating to ‘Space’: -describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system -describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth -describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies -use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 4 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Sound’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: Overview; How Sounds are Made; Pitch; Volume; High and Low Pitch Sounds Continuum; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 4 children relating to ‘Sounds’: -Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating; -Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear; -Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it; -Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it; -Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 4 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘States of Matter’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: Overview; Solids, Liquids and Gases; Changing States of Matter; Role in the Water Cycle; Solids, Liquids and Gases Continuum; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 4 children relating to ‘States of Matter’: -Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases -Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) -Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 4 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Living things and their habitats’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: What you should already know (from learning in earlier years); Classification of Animals; Classification of Plants; Habitat Changes; Vertebrates and Invertebrates; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 4 children relating to ‘Living things and their habitats’: -Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways; -Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment; -Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 4 children, teachers and parents covering knowledge relating to ‘Electricity’, as a part of their science learning. It contains comprehensive sections on: Overview; Simple Series Electric Circuits; Creation and Uses of Electricity; Electrical Safety; Conductors and Insulators; Key Vocabulary. The content is fully aligned with the NC expectations for Year 4 children relating to ‘Electricity’: -identify common appliances that run on electricity; -construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers; -identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery; -recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit; recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).