Earth and the falling object identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces understand that force and motion can be transferred through mechanical devices such as gears, pulleys, levers and springs. Light and sound Yr.3 There is some small changes to 3. Pupils should be taught: Light the demands on the study of light Everyday effects of light Pupils should be taught to: in Yr 6. that light travels from a notice that light is reflected source from surfaces that light cannot pass find patterns that determine through some materials, and the size of shadows. how this leads to the Yr.6 formation of shadows understand that light appears to that light is reflected from travel in straight lines surfaces [for example, use the idea that light travels in mirrors, polished metals] straight lines to explain that Seeing objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the that we see things only when eye light from them enters our eyes explain that we see things because light travels from light Vibration and sound sources to our eyes or from that sounds are made when light sources to objects and objects [for example, strings then to our eyes on musical instruments] use the idea that light travels in vibrate but that vibrations straight lines to explain why are not always directly shadows have the same shape visible as the objects that cast them, how to change the pitch and and to predict the size of loudness of sounds produced shadows when the position of by some vibrating objects the light source changes. [for example, a drum skin, a Sound plucked string] Pupils should be taught to: that vibrations from sound 􏰀 identify how sounds are sources require a medium made, associating some of [for example, metal, wood, them with something vibrating glass, air] through which to 􏰀 find patterns between the travel to the ear. pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it 􏰀 find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it. The Earth and beyond Yr.5 No change 4. Pupils should be taught: Earth and space The Sun, Earth and Moon Pupils should be taught to: that the Sun, Earth and Moon describe the movement of are approximately spherical the Earth, and other planets, Periodic changes relative to the Sun in the solar system
Earth and the falling object identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces understand that force and motion can be transferred through mechanical devices such as gears, pulleys, levers and springs. Light and sound 3. Pupils should be taught: Everyday effects of light that light travels from a source that light cannot pass through some materials, and how this leads to the formation of shadows that light is reflected from surfaces [for example, mirrors, polished metals] Seeing that we see things only when light from them enters our eyes Vibration and sound that sounds are made when objects [for example, strings on musical instruments] vibrate but that vibrations are not always directly visible how to change the pitch and loudness of sounds produced by some vibrating objects [for example, a drum skin, a plucked string] that vibrations from sound sources require a medium [for example, metal, wood, glass, air] through which to travel to the ear. Yr.3 Light Pupils should be taught to: notice that light is reflected from surfaces find patterns that determine the size of shadows. Yr.6 understand that light appears to travel in straight lines use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them, and to predict the size of shadows when the position of the light source changes. Sound Pupils should be taught to: 􏰀 identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating 􏰀 find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it 􏰀 find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it. There is some small changes to the demands on the study of light in Yr 6. The Earth and beyond 4. Pupils should be taught: The Sun, Earth and Moon that the Sun, Earth and Moon are approximately spherical Periodic changes Yr.5 Earth and space Pupils should be taught to: describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system No change