Welcome to the Science page. Over the four years the children spend at LJS, they will have the opportunity to take part in a range of exciting practical opportunities: from creating their own instrument to understand how sound is created in Year 4, to dissecting a heart to understand how it works in Year 6.
Our aim is to ensure children move on to KS3 with the skills they need to make great scientists: the ability to ask questions, plan their own investigations and analyse the results - thinking carefully about what they can do next time to build on their learning. This allows children to be confident, independent scientists - prepared to make mistakes and learn more about the world around them. We look forward to sharing some of the children’s work with you over the coming year.
Below you will find the topics that your child will cover this year:
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Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
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Autumn 1 |
Forces and magnets |
Electricity |
Forces |
Electricity |
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Autumn 2 |
Animals including humans |
Sound
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Forces |
Light |
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Spring 1 |
Rocks |
Rocks |
Properties and changes of materials |
Animals including humans |
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Spring 2 |
Plants |
Forces and magnets |
Properties and changes of materials |
Animals including humans |
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Summer 1 |
Light |
Living things in their habitats |
Earth in Space |
Living things and their habitats |
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Summer 2 |
Working Scientifically. What if? Investigations |
Animals including humans |
Living things in their habitats & Animals including humans |
Evolution and inheritance |
Fizz Pop!
The children have all enjoyed an assembly based on 'Science FRICTION' delivered by FizzPop Science.
Take a look at some of the photos to see what happened...
If you think your child might be interested in taking part in this exciting Science club, look out for letters coming home soon with all the details!
Y6 Optician visit
Year 6 children were fortunate to have a visit from Tony Lawrence from Vision Centre in Gloucester earlier this week. The children really enjoyed asking him lots of questions about the eye, how we see and how light is used by our eyes.
Take a look at some of the photos of his presentation...
Useful Science Websites
