Science
Discover how the world works through observation, questions and investigation.
Our Science course encourages curiosity about living things, materials, forces, energy, Earth and space. Students move from observing familiar objects and environments to exploring cells, ecosystems, particle models and scientific relationships. Age-appropriate investigations develop skills in planning fair tests, recording results and drawing conclusions. Students learn to use evidence and recognise the limitations of an explanation.
Grade 1
The topics we cover
- Living and non-living things
- Needs of living things
- Body parts and senses
- Health and cleanliness
- Plants
- Animals
- Objects and materials
- Weather and seasons
- The sky
- Safety and simple observations
Grade 2
The topics we cover
- The body and health
- Basic digestion and breathing
- Everyday needs
- Plants and animals
- Materials and their properties
- States of water
- Pushes and pulls
- Light, heat and sound
- Weather
- Shadows
- The Moon
- Simple investigations
- Conserving resources
Grade 3
The topics we cover
- The body and health
- Basic body systems
- Plant growth
- Plant life cycles
- Animals and habitats
- Food chains
- Materials and changes
- Forces and friction
- Weather
- The water cycle
- Light
- Sound
- Observations of Earth and space
Grade 4
The topics we cover
- Classification of living things
- Habitats
- Skeletons and muscles
- Health
- Plant reproduction
- Materials and changes
- Forces
- Light
- Sound
- Simple electrical circuits
- Rocks
- Soil
- Water and the environment
- Fair tests and conclusions
Grade 5
The topics we cover
- Life cycles
- Reproduction
- Ecosystems
- Food webs
- Adaptation
- Human body systems
- Health
- Materials
- Dissolving
- Separating mixtures
- Forces and resistance
- Electrical circuits
- Earth and space
- Weather
- Natural resources
- Scientific investigations
- Environmental care
Grade 6
The topics we cover
- Introduction to cells
- Classification of organisms
- Digestion
- Breathing
- Circulation
- Food webs and interdependence
- Solids, liquids and gases
- Introduction to the particle model
- Filtration
- Evaporation
- Balanced and unbalanced forces
- Energy
- Simple series circuits
- Day and night
- Seasons
- Water and weather
- Resource use
- Variables in a fair test
- Repeated observations
- Conclusions and investigation limitations
Grade 7
The topics we cover
- Plant and animal cells
- Specialised structures and functions
- Organisms and ecosystems
- Particle models
- Elements
- Compounds
- Mixtures
- Evidence of chemical change
- Distance, time and average speed
- Friction
- Balanced forces
- Energy transfers
- Series circuits
- Parallel circuits
- Reflection of light
- Sound and vibration
- Selected rock-cycle processes
- The water cycle
- Resource use and environmental evidence
- Planning fair tests
- Repeated measurements
- Recording and graphing results
- Conclusions and measurement limitations