1st Grade 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

1st Grade Science unit, Being Healthy 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. Being Healthy has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Being Healthy from Focus Education

Long-term overview - Being Healthy - 1st Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Being Healthy from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser - Being Healthy - 1st Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Being Healthy from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy - Being Healthy - 1st Grade

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

Link it! Prior knowledge - Being Healthy - 1st Grade

1st Grade Science lesson from the unit Being Healthy. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do we mean by a balanced diet and why is it important for humans? '

1. What do we mean by a balanced diet and why is it important for humans? 

What do we mean by a balanced diet and why is it important for humans?

1st Grade Science lesson from the unit Being Healthy. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why is exercise and good hygiene important for humans?'

2. Why is exercise and good hygiene important for humans?

Why is exercise and good hygiene important for humans?

1st Grade Science lesson from the unit Being Healthy. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Who is the fittest in our class?'

3. Who is the fittest in our class?

Who is the fittest in our class?

1st Grade Science lesson from the unit Being Healthy. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are the main stages of growth from babies to adulthood, in humans and in animals?'

4. What are the main stages of growth from babies to adulthood, in humans and in animals?

What are the main stages of growth from babies to adulthood, in humans and in animals?

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 Being Healthy from Focus Education.

Check it! - Being Healthy - 1st Grade

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 Being Healthy from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - Being Healthy - 1st Grade

'Know it! - Being Healthy - 1st Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Being Healthy

Know it! - Being Healthy - 1st Grade

'Match up - Life cycles' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Being Healthy

Match up - Life cycles

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about keeping healthy?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Being Healthy

Cops and robbers - What do you know about keeping healthy?

'True statements - 60 minutes of exercise a day' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Being Healthy

True statements - 60 minutes of exercise a day

'How to help with the 3 S's' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Being Healthy

How to help with the 3 S's

Being Healthy

1st Grade Science unit, Habitats 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. Habitats has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

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

Long-term overview - Habitats - 1st Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Habitats from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser - Habitats - 1st Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Habitats from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy - Habitats - 1st Grade

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

Link it! Prior knowledge - Habitats - 1st Grade

1st Grade Science lesson from the unit Habitats. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which animals live underground, on the ground and in trees?'

1. Which animals live underground, on the ground and in trees?

Which animals live underground, on the ground and in trees?

1st Grade Science lesson from the unit Habitats. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which animals live in woodlands and forests in the UK and abroad?'

2. Which animals live in woodlands and forests in the UK and abroad?

Which animals live in woodlands and forests in the UK and abroad?

1st Grade Science lesson from the unit Habitats. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which animals would we normally find in our sea, rivers, lakes and ponds and why are they there?'

3. Which animals would we normally find in our sea, rivers, lakes and ponds and why are they there?

Which animals would we normally find in our sea, rivers, lakes and ponds and why are they there?

1st Grade Science lesson from the unit Habitats. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which animals start their life as an egg?'

4. Which animals start their life as an egg?

Which animals start their life as an egg?

1st Grade Science lesson from the unit Habitats. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which food sources are linked to which animal?'

5. Which food sources are linked to which animal?

Which food sources are linked to which animal?

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 Habitats from Focus Education.

Check it! - Habitats - 1st Grade

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 Habitats from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - Habitats - 1st Grade

'Know it! - Habitats - 1st Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Habitats

Know it! - Habitats - 1st Grade

'Cops and robbers - Woodland creatures' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Habitats

Cops and robbers - Woodland creatures

'Match up - Animal habitats' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Habitats

Match up - Animal habitats

'The Chase - Habitats' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Habitats

The Chase - Habitats

'Picture match - Underground, on the ground, in trees' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Habitats

Picture match - Underground, on the ground, in trees

'Connect the pictures - Animal habitats' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Habitats

Connect the pictures - Animal habitats

'Picture match - Animal habitats' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Habitats

Picture match - Animal habitats

Habitats

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Science - 1st Grade - 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 - 1st Grade - Focus Education

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