Oakdene Science Curriculum Little Sycamores
Understanding the World Includes focused Geography, RE, and History themes/activities
Understanding the World
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Spring
Summer
What Can I See?
What Can I Hear?
What Can I Do?
Explore and respond to different natural phenomena in their setting and on trips. Make connections between the features of their family and other families. Notice differences between people.
Repeat actions that have an effect.
Repeat actions that have an effect. Explore materials with different properties. Explore natural materials, indoors and outdoors.
Nursery
The Natural World: The Natural World: Use all their senses Talk about what they in hands-on see, using a wide Includes focused exploration of vocabulary. Geography, RE natural materials. Explore how things work and History Explore collections Understand the key themes/activities of materials with features of the life cycle similar and/or of a plant and an animal. different properties. Begin to understand the Plant seeds and care need to respect and care for growing plants. for the natural environment and all living things.
The Natural World: Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants; Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class; Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.