Experience and observe phenomena, looking closely at the natural and human-made world around them.
Be encouraged to be curious and ask questions about what they notice.
Develop their understanding of scientific ideas through the use of first hand experiences of different types of scientific enquiry.
Use simple scientific language to talk about what they have found out and communicate this in a variety of ways.
Finding food for omnivores, herbivores and carnivores
We had to compare things and sort.
We had to use what we know to find the animals.
We talked about what we had found out.
Seasonal Changes
We found signs of Autumn.
We raised our own simple questions.
We compared our findings
I notice changes over time.
Using their observations to suggest answers.
Chestnut Class -
The children were encouraged to be curious and ask questions about what they noticed. We asked the simple question- which animals hibernate? Where do they hibernate?
We then used our research in books and the internet and what we observed while outside to answer these questions.
Comparative and fair testing -
The year 2 children were tasked with finding out a way to clean Kelly Kangaroos paws.
They performed a simple test to find out why we use soap?
The children closely observed the changes and drew a diagram to show their findings.
Impact: experience practical activities.
Progression: perform different types of scientific enquiry.
