SCIENCE (SAT Focused) Year 5

About Course

The Science course in Year 5 builds pupils’ scientific knowledge and inquiry skills through observation, investigation, and analysis. Pupils explore biological, chemical, and physical concepts while planning fair tests, recording results, and drawing evidence-based conclusions. The course encourages curiosity, precision, and responsible scientific thinking.
Key Focus Areas
Living things and life cycles (plants and animals)
Human biology: growth, changes, and health
Properties and changes of materials
Forces, including gravity, friction, air resistance, and water resistance
Earth and space: the solar system and movement of celestial bodies
Environmental responsibility and sustainability
Planning investigations, collecting data, and drawing conclusions
Using scientific vocabulary accurately

Course Content

AUTUMN TERM
Focus: Scientific enquiry, forces, properties of materials, and living things

Week 1: Working Scientifically (Scientific Skills Review)
Week 2: Forces – Introduction
Week 3: Gravity
Week 4: Friction
Week 5: Air Resistance & Water Resistance
Week 6: Properties of Materials
Week 7: Changes of Materials
Week 8: Living Things & Habitats
Week 9: Food Chains
Week 10: Review, Assessment & Mini Project

SPRING TERM
Focus Building deeper scientific understanding through life cycles, materials, forces, and scientific enquiry, while strengthening observation, reasoning, and explanation skills required for upper KS2.

Week 1: Life Cycles of Mammals
Week 2: Life Cycles of Amphibians & Insects
Week 3: Plant Life Cycles
Week 4: Reproduction in Plants
Week 5: Properties of Materials
Week 6: Changes of Materials
Week 7: Forces – Gravity
Week 8: Forces – Air Resistance & Water Resistance
Week 9: Scientific Enquiry – Planning Investigations
Week 10: Recording & Explaining Results

SUMMER TERM
Focus: Full SATs Revision, Scientific Skills, Investigations & Exam Readiness

Week 1: Living Things & Their Habitats – Revision
Week 2: Animals Including Humans – Revision
Week 3: Properties & Changes of Materials – Revision
Week 4: Earth & Space – Revision
Week 5: Forces – Revision
Week 6: Working Scientifically – Skills Focus
Week 7: Data Handling & Graphs
Week 8: Scientific Vocabulary & Reasoning
Week 9: Full SATs-Style Practice Test
Week 10: Review, Gaps & Confidence Building

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