Science

In science will be covering:

• Seeing Light
• Healthy Bodies

Within ‘Seeing Light’, we:

• Review understanding of light and shadow and to explore how light travels.
• Investigate how we see things through light entering the eyes.
• Explore how light can be reflected and change direction.
• Investigate reflections from a variety of surfaces.
• Investigate how refraction changes the direction in which light travels.
• Investigate how a prism changes a ray of light.

Whilst learning about ‘Healthy Bodies’ we:

• Find out how scientific ideas about food and diet were tested in the past and how this has contributed to our knowledge of a balanced diet.
• Investigate different food groups and find out why a variety of foods is important for a healthy diet.
• Investigate how nutrients and oxygen are transported in the human body.
• Investigate what happens to the heart when we exercise and why.
• Investigate how muscles move the skeleton and how this influences blood flow.
• Investigate the effects of an unhealthy lifestyle on the heart.

During both of these topics we complete role play and practical learning experiences, including a heart dissection, to help children understand the core scientific processes and key aspects of learning.