• Age groups: 4-7s
• Subjects: Science
• Topics: Energy

Curriculum links

England

Science

Living things and their habitats

Working scientifically

Geography

Geographical skills and fieldwork

English

Spoken language

Pupils should be taught to:

• listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
• maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments
• consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to and building on the contributions of others

Scotland

Sciences

Planet Earth

Electricity

• I know how to stay safe when using electricity... (SCN 0-09a)

Energy sources and sustainability

• I have experiences, used and described a wide range of toys and common appliances. I can say ‘what makes it go’ and can say what they do when they work. (SCN 0-04a)
• I am aware of different types of energy around me and can show their importance to everyday life and my survival. (SCN 1-04a)

Mathematics

Information handling

• I can collect objects and ask questions to gather information, organising and displaying my findings in different ways. (MNU 0-20a)
• I can match objects, and sort using my own and others’ criteria, sharing my ideas with others. (MNU 0-20b)
• I have used a range of waits to collect information and can sort it in a logical, organised and imaginative way using my own and others’ criteria. (MNU 1-20b)

Social Studies

People, place and environment

I can discuss the environmental impact of human activity and suggest ways in which we can live in a more environmentally responsible way. (SOC 2-08a)

Wales

Science

Scientific enquiry

Communication in science

Pupils should be taught:

• to present scientific information appropriately in a number of ways, through diagrams, drawings, tables and charts
• to sort and classify scientific information

Physical processes

Electricity

Pupils should be taught:

• that many everyday appliances use electricity and that they should be used with care

Maths

Using and applying mathematics

Developing mathematical language and communication

Pupils should be taught to:

• present their work in a variety of forms to include charts

Number

Classifying, representing and interpreting data

• collect, record and interpret data arising from an area of interest for identified purposes, using charts, tables

English

Oracy

Range

Pupils should be taught to talk for a range of purposes, including:

• using talk to develop their thinking by exploring, developing and clarifying ideas; predicting outcomes and discussing possibilities
• describing events, observations and experiences; making simple, clear explanations of choices; giving reasons for opinions and actions

Pupils should consider how talk is influenced by the purpose and by the intended audience, including:

• working in groups of different sizes
• talking and presenting work to different audiences, including friends, the class, the teacher and other adults in the school

Pupils should listen carefully and show their understanding of what they see and hear by:

• making relevant comments
• remembering specific points that interested them
• listening to others’ reactions

Skills

Pupils should be taught to:

• speak with confidence, making themselves clear through organising what they say and choosing words with precision
• use the conventions of discussion and conversation, e.g. taking turns in speaking, and structuring their talk in ways that are coherent and understandable
  and wider community. (HWB 1-13a)

Northern Ireland

The World Around Us

Interdependence

Pupils should be enabled to explore:

• interdependence of people and the environment
• the effect of people on the natural environment over time

Place

Pupils should be enabled to explore positive and negative effects of people on places.

Movement and Energy

Pupils should be enabled to explore sources of energy in the world.

Change over Time

Pupils should be enabled to expore positive change and how we have a responsibility to make an active contribution.

Language And Literacy

Talking And Listening

Pupils should be enabled to:

• participate in talking and listening in every area of learning
• listen to and respond to guidance and instructions
• take turns at talking and listening in group and paired activities
• express thoughts, feelings and opinions in response to personal experiences... and curricular topics and activities
• present ideas and information with some structure and sequence
• think about what they say and how they say it
• speak audibly and clearly, using appropriate quality of speech and voice

Mathematics And Numeracy

Handling Data: Collecting, Representing and Interpreting Data

Pupils should be enabled to:

• collect data, record and present it using real objects...tables
• discuss and interpret the data
• extract information from a range of charts, diagrams and tables