Knowledge and Understanding

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In each Year Group, the criteria for assessing Knowledge and Understanding are on the left and the Pupil Self Assessment sheets are on the right.

Year 2

Health and Growth - I Can

Plants and animals - I Can

Variation - I Can

Grouping and Changing Materials - I Can

Forces and Movement - I Can

Using Electricity - I Can

2A: Health and Growth

2B: Plants and animals

2C: Variation

2D: Grouping and Changing Materials

2E: Forces and Movement

2F: Using Electricity

Year 4

Moving and Growing - I Can

Habitats - I Can

Keeping Warm - I Can

Solids, Liquids and Gases - I Can

Friction - I Can

Circuits and Conductors - I Can

4A: Moving and Growing

4B: Habitats

4C: Keeping Warm

4D: Solids, Liquids and Gases

4E: Friction

4F: Circuits and Conductors


Year 6

Interdependence and Adaptation - I Can

Micro-organisms - I Can

More about Dissolving- I Can

Reversible and Irreversible Changes - I Can

Forces in Action - I Can

How We See Things - I Can

Changing Circuits - I Can

6A  Interdependence and Adaptation

6B Micro-organisms

6C More about Dissolving

6D Reversible and Irreversible Changes

6E Forces in Action

6F How We See Things

6G Changing Circuits

Year 1

Ourselves - I Can

Growing Plants - I Can

Sorting & Using Materials - I Can

Light and Dark - I Can

Pushes and Pulls - I Can

Sound and Hearing - I Can

1A: Ourselves

1B: Growing Plants

1C: Sorting and Using Materials

1D: Light and Dark

1E: Pushes and Pulls

1F: Sound and Hearing


Year 3

Teeth and Eating - I Can

Helping Plants Grow Well - I Can

Characteristics of Materials - I Can

Rocks and Soils - I Can

Magnets and Springs - I Can

Light and Shadow - I Can

3A: Teeth and Eating

3B: Helping plants to Grow Well

3C: Characteristics of Materials

3D: Rocks and Soils

3E: Magnets and Springs

3F: Light and Shadow


Year 5

Keeping Healthy - I Can

Life Cycles - I Can

Gases Around Us - I Can

Changing State - I Can

Earth, Sun and Moon - I Can

Changing Sounds - I Can

5A  Keeping Healthy

5B  Life Cycles

5C  Gases Around Us

5D Changing State

5E  Earth, Sun and Moon

5F  Changing Sounds