Kindergarten Science scheme of work from Focus Education. This scheme has been designed to help you create your own bespoke curriculum but take advantage of the numerous resources that have been produced to support you.The curriculum is built on sequencing knowledge and skills (to include substantive and disciplinary knowledge) and building on prior learning so that each subject creates a narrative. Focus Education have used an enquiry-approach methodology, where possible, so that questions are predominant in most of the units produced.

Kindergarten Science unit, Materials from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Materials has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Materials from Focus Education

Long-term overview

Long-term overview - Materials - Kindergarten

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Materials from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser

Knowledge organiser - Materials - Kindergarten

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Materials from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy

Progression pedagogy - Materials - Kindergarten

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Materials from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Materials - Kindergarten

Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are the names of materials that we see around the school?'

1. What are the names of materials that we see around the school?

What are the names of materials that we see around the school?

Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why do we use different materials to build a house?'

2. Why do we use different materials to build a house?

Why do we use different materials to build a house?

Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which materials keep us dry?'

3. Which materials keep us dry?

Which materials keep us dry?

Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which materials keep us warm?'

4. Which materials keep us warm?

Which materials keep us warm?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Materials from Focus Education.

Check it!

Check it! - Materials - Kindergarten

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Materials from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation

Show it! Group presentation - Materials - Kindergarten

'Know it! - Materials - Kindergarten' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Materials

Know it!

Know it! - Materials - Kindergarten

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about materials?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Materials

Cops and robbers - What do you know about materials?

'Picture match - Materials' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Materials

Picture match - Materials

'Match up - Materials' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Materials

Match up - Materials

Materials

Kindergarten Science unit, How are Animals Classified from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. How are Animals Classified has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit How are Animals Classified from Focus Education

Long-term overview - How are Animals Classified - Kindergarten

The Knowledge organiser for the unit How are Animals Classified from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser - How are Animals Classified - Kindergarten

The Progression pedagogy for the unit How are Animals Classified from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy - How are Animals Classified - Kindergarten

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit How are Animals Classified from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - How are Animals Classified - Kindergarten

Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit How are Animals Classified. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are the main differences between carnivore, omnivore and herbivore?'

1. What are the main differences between carnivore, omnivore and herbivore?

What are the main differences between carnivore, omnivore and herbivore?

Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit How are Animals Classified. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can we identify reptiles, mammals and amphibians?'

2. How can we identify reptiles, mammals and amphibians?

How can we identify reptiles, mammals and amphibians?

Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit How are Animals Classified. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are the birds in our locality called?'

3. What are the birds in our locality called?

What are the birds in our locality called?

Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit How are Animals Classified. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How do we sort according to live, non-living and never living?'

4. How do we sort according to live, non-living and never living?

How do we sort according to live, non-living and never living?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit How are Animals Classified from Focus Education.

Check it! - How are Animals Classified - Kindergarten

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit How are Animals Classified from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - How are Animals Classified - Kindergarten

'Know it! - How are Animals Classified? - Kindergarten' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, How are Animals Classified

Know it! - How are Animals Classified? - Kindergarten

'Give me 3 - Living things' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, How are Animals Classified

Give me 3 - Living things

'Give me 5 - Herbivores' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, How are Animals Classified

Give me 5 - Herbivores

'Reptile, Amphibian or Mammal?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, How are Animals Classified

Reptile, Amphibian or Mammal?

'Which are amphibians? - Word sort' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, How are Animals Classified

Which are amphibians? - Word sort

'Which are reptiles? - Word sort' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, How are Animals Classified

Which are reptiles? - Word sort

'Give me 10 - Birds' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, How are Animals Classified

Give me 10 - Birds

'Picture match - Animals' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, How are Animals Classified

Picture match - Animals

How are Animals Classified

Kindergarten Science unit, Animals including Humans, uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built upon a key question and explore the human body and the five senses

National Curriculum objectives  - Body Parts - Kindergarten

National Curriculum objectives 

The Long-term overview  from Focus Education for the Kindergarten unit Body Parts

Long-term overview - Body Parts - Kindergarten

The Progression from the Kindergarten Focus Education unit, Body Parts

Progression pedagogy - Body Parts - Kindergarten

Assessment for Learning resource, this is designed to be used at the beginning of this unit on Body Parts, to check student understanding and to help you to pitch the rest of the unit at the appropriate level. 

Link it! Prior knowledge - Body Parts - Kindergarten

This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What are our seen body parts called and what are the five senses?' It is a Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit Animals Including Humans from Focus Education.

What are our seen body parts called and what are the five senses?

This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What are the names of the seen parts of the human body?' It is a Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit Animals Including Humans from Focus Education.

What are the names of the seen parts of the human body?

This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What are the five senses?' It is a Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit Animals Including Humans from Focus Education.

What are the five senses?

Check it! - Body Parts - Kindergarten is a set of assessment for learning and assessment tasks that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit from Focus Education

Check it! - Body Parts - Kindergarten

Show it! - Body Parts - Kindergarten is a group of tasks that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons in the unit from Focus Education

Show it! - Body Parts - Kindergarten

Cops and Robbers! - What do you know about senses and body parts? is a resource from 'What are our seen body parts called and what are the five senses?', a Kindergarten Science lesson from the unit Body Parts. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method and will facilitate students when answering the question 'What are our seen body parts called and what are the five senses?'

Cops and Robbers! - What do you know about senses and body parts?

Parts of the Human Body  - Assessment for learning activity

The Senses  - Assessment for learning activity

Body Parts

Science

Kindergarten

Science - Kindergarten - Focus Education

Awarded an OBE for Services to Education, Clive Davies has designed and built these schemes around progression and enquiry. Focus Education resources are of the highest educational quality.

Science - Kindergarten - Focus Education

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