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Primary EYFS, KS1 & KS2 Science Schemes of Work and Planning

Sciences resources are often included in cross-curricular products too. We also have a dedicated page to stand-alone primary science assessment materials. 

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Kapow Primary Science

Kapow Primary Science

Kapow Primary

The Kapow Primary Science scheme is a comprehensive curriculum designed to engage students in the study and observation of the natural world. It brings Science to live through real-world examples, showcasing a diverse range of scientists, exploring STEM careers, and fostering an understanding of how scientific study has developed over time.


Like all Kapow Primary schemes, it provides full National Curriculum coverage and aligns with recent Ofsted Research Reviews.


For Years 1 - 6

Features

  • Enquiry cycle is embedded throughout all units to develop investigative skills

  • Integrated CPD: lesson-specific topic knowledge delivered when needed to support effective teaching.

  • Clear guidance for designing and delivering experiments with supporting teacher videos

  • Pupil videos demonstrating alternative options if experiments cannot be conducted in the lesson

  • Pre-teaching, SEND, and EAL resources for inclusive learning

  • Consistent use of icons to reinforce disciplinary knowledge

  • All lessons are designed for 1.5 hours but include sections to help teachers extend them to 2 hours if desired

  • Pupil revision materials that promote recall, that can be used during lessons or throughout the week


The Kapow Primary Science scheme focues on engaging lessons, clear progression, and support for teachers. Helping you to teach Science with confidence, and inspire a love for the subject in your class.


Staff Training & Support

Induction materials are sent upon signing up, and there is email support available. There are also frequent webinars that are free for members to attend on a variety of topics.


Cost

(12 month subscription) 0-150 pupils: £215 + VAT | 150-300 pupils:  £287 + VAT | 350 + pupils:  £333 + VAT | You can purchase combinations of 12 foundation subjects with a lower cost per subject the more you take. Special pricing is available for members of MATs. Join over 6,000 schools that use Kapow Primary to deliver engaging and comprehensive schemes of work. Sign up now for a FREE 14-day trial to see the potential for your school.


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Snap Science

Snap Science

Collins

Snap Science is an award-winning digital programme that provides everything you need to teach outstanding science and is simple to implement across your whole school. Recent updates to the 2nd edition mean that it’s now better than ever! The programme is shaped by an informed understanding of the purpose and value of primary science, aiming for every child to engage with a coherent progression of the scientific skills and concepts specified in the National Curriculum.


A Snap Science subscription will provide access to a wealth of digital resources via The Collins Hub, including editable lesson plans packed with practical activities, resource sheets, tailored animations, videos and slideshows.


The programme also includes comprehensive module summaries that make clear what children will learn and when and explain what resources are needed to organise lessons. Information to support all teachers understanding and knowledge of each topic and how to successfully teach it is also provided alongside guidance in making end-of-module assessments.

For Foundation to Year 6

Features

  • Easier timetabling with 6 modules per year, ensuring full curriculum coverage in a manageable number of lessons.

  • Formative assessment built into every lesson, clear guidance for making summative assessment judgments at the end of each module, and a straightforward system for tracking children’s progress.

  • Sustainability and environmentalism topics integrated throughout, as well as features of recent scientific developments and current scientists.

  • Representation and inclusion at the forefront of all lessons and activities.

  • Teacher subject knowledge in every module and CPD for subject leaders to use to share current research.


Staff Training & Support 

Email education.support@harpercollins.co.uk or call 01484 668148 to speak to our friendly customer service team.


Cost

School subscriptions are available as 1 year or 3-year packages for each year (Foundation to Y6). 1-year subscriptions are £90 + VAT, and 3-year subscriptions are £200 + VAT, saving you £70 overall.


Chat to your local rep about arranging a free 14-day trial at findarep.collins.co.uk: they'll also be happy to discuss a package that suits your needs and budget · Visit Website ·



PlanBee Science

PlanBee Science

PlanBee

Years 1 - 6

Pay as You Go / Subscription


Ready-to-teach Science schemes of work created by experienced teachers, covering all National Curriculum objectives for KS1 and KS2. Each scheme is fully prepared and contains detailed planning, slideshows for the teaching input and a range of printable resources. Knowledge and skills progression documents, overviews and assessment grids also included [read more].



Focus Science

Focus Science

Focus Eduation

Years 1 - 6

FREE 14 day trial with Pango - the home of primary schemes of work


These units of learning have been created taking full account of the issues that have been raised recently by inspectors about the balance between substantive knowledge and disciplinary knowledge in science. There are 4 or 5 units of learning per year groups 1 to 6. (linked directly to the National Curriculum) [read more].


Teacher of Primary Science

Teacher of Primary Science

Teacher of Primary

Years EYFS - 6

FREE 14 day trial with Pango - the home of primary schemes of work


At Teacher-of-Primary we know that teaching isn't easy. That's why we’ve created a website crammed with fantastic teaching resources - to help teachers deliver engaging lessons and to reduce the burden of planning [read more].


PZAZ

PZAZ

PZAZ

Years Reception - 6

FREE 14 day trial with Pango - the home of primary schemes of work


Our scheme contains over 400 easy to resource practical activities. Your pupils will gain real competence in the science skills of planning investigations, gathering, presenting and analysing results, and critical evaluation of their experiments - no matter their age or demographic [read more].


CGP+ Science

CGP+ Science

CGP

Years 3 - 6

Monthly/Annual Subscription


Incredible online teaching resources, plus CGP Books extras just for members!


Create Science

Create Science

Teachers Pet

Years 1 - 6

Annual/Monthly Subscription


Our brand-new project designed to inspire children to become real scientists. Our science curriculum is like no other, getting the children to adopt the roles of various scientists as they work their way through each area of the science curriculum.


DKfindout! KS2 Science Pack

DKfindout! KS2 Science Pack

DK Learning

Years 3 - 6

One-off Purchase


This science education pack is a discounted bundle for teachers and parents that includes 5 key stage 2 science books from the DKfindout! series - Animals, Earth, Energy, Human Body, and Science - and access to extended supporting resources online meaning that you can be prepared for teaching in the classroom as well as remote learning [read more].


Developing Experts

Developing Experts

Developing Experts

Years Reception - 6 +

Annual Subscription


The platform provides a comprehensive library of online science lessons complete with presentations, interviews with experts, lesson plans, handouts, science experiments at home or in class, songs and quizzes.


Empiribox

Empiribox

Hope Education

Years 3 - 6

One-off Purchase/Annual Subscription


With our blended science approach, you can develop your pupils’ scientific skills from planning and presenting to analysing and evaluating. What’s more, we’ve designed everything to reduce planning, preparation and marking time so that you can get on with doing what you love, teaching!


Engaging Science

Engaging Science

Engaging Science

Years 1 - 6

One-off Purchase


The Engaging Science primary science scheme of work is based on the principles that science is best taught through practical sessions and investigation and pupils should be encouraged to think both scientifically and creatively.


Grammarsaurus Science

Grammarsaurus Science

Grammarsaurus

Years 1 - 6

Monthly/Annual Subscription


The home of quality resources made by practising teachers and writing moderators.


Hamilton Brookes Science

Hamilton Brookes Science

Hamilton Brookes

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription


Hamilton's science scheme uses hands-on investigative science activities to promote a deep understanding of scientific concepts and help children develop effective methods of scientific enquiry.


Lion Learning Pathways Science

Lion Learning Pathways Science

Lion Academy Trust

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription


For us, it’s not just about delivering the facts and experiments required by the National Curriculum. We always push beyond that. Crucially, our sequential Science curriculum is designed to encourage children both to understand how they are making progress and to build their confidence.


Outstanding Science

Outstanding Science

Minerva Education

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription


Outstanding Science has all the resources your primary school needs for the National Curriculum in KS1 and KS2.


Plymouth Science

Plymouth Science

Plymouth Science CIC

Years EYFS - 6

One-off Purchase/Subscription


Our mission is to provide schools the expertise and resources needed to teach a full and robust science curriculum that engages learners through practical, evidence based pedagogy.


Primary Science Package

Primary Science Package

Herts for Learning

Years 1 - 6

One-off Purchase


Invaluable teaching, planning, tracking and assessment resources for primary science teachers . The Primary National Curriculum contains broad statements for each topic and a range of demanding working scientifically objectives which present teachers with challenges around planning for progression and assessment.


Science

Science

Prim-Ed Publishing

Years 1 - 6

One-off Purchase


Science - Books 1-6 is a comprehensive six-book series of science books for primary schools. Science literacy texts introduce concepts and are supported by practical hands-on activities, predominantly experiments.


Science Bug

Science Bug

Pearson Education

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription


Science Bug is an exciting hands-on science programme designed for today’s curious kids! It’s been written for the primary science programme of study by an expert author team, to help you spark imagination, fuel curiosity and nurture inspired and confident young scientists.


Science Learning Challenge Curriculum

Science Learning Challenge Curriculum

Focus Education

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription/One-off purchase for individual units


The Focus Education scheme of learning for Science helps children develop a knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts by exploring living organisms, their habitats, energy and forces, materials, and processes of change


100 Science Lessons

100 Science Lessons

Scholastic

Years 1 - 6

One-off Purchase


Master the Curriculum with Scholastic's 100 Lessons. Scholastic's acclaimed 100 Lessons series is here to help your school prepare. Trusted by teachers for 15 years and selling more than one million copies, 100 Lessons is fully in line with the Curriculum objectives. Our new 100 Lessons and Planning Guides will make planning and teaching the new requirements simple and stress-free [read more].


Teacher's Books: Year 1 · Year 2 · Year 3 · Year 4 · Year 5 · Year 6 · Planning Guide


Science Mastery

Science Mastery

Ark Curriculum Plus

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription


Our primary mastery programmes for Science, History and Geography have been carefully constructed to support you in delivering a comprehensive curriculum that will ensure all your pupils gain a rich knowledge of the world in which they live, that they encounter experiences to help them make sense of it, and that they build the confidence to make judgements on what they see.


Switched On Science

Switched On Science

Rising Stars

Years Reception - 6

One-off Purchase


Put working scientifically at the heart of your key stage 1 and 2 curriculum with 6 flexible units for every year, each containing exciting new experiments, investigation and STEAM content.


Teaching Primary Science

Teaching Primary Science

Bloomsbury Education

Years 1 - 6

One-off Purchase


Teaching Primary Science is complete with links to online resources and full of easy-to-follow primary lesson plans that cover all areas of the National Curriculum for KS1 and KS2. Each chapter contains a helpful summary of all the background information you need to know, specific links to the objectives for assessment, interesting facts to engage pupils, key vocabulary and technical tips to help with specific scientific techniques [read more].


The Primary Knowledge Curriculum: Science

The Primary Knowledge Curriculum: Science

The Primary Knowledge Curriculum

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription


The PKC science curriculum will lay the foundation for pupils to understand what the discipline of science tells us about the world. We aim to ignite children’s love for science by showing them what fascinating things the human race has learned about the world.


TigTag

TigTag

Twig Education

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription


Tigtag is a complete science resource for students aged 7–11 with more than 2,000 engaging, high-quality videos plus images, lesson plans, and quizzes matched to the National Curriculum for England Key Stage 2 and Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence First and Second Levels.


TigTag Jr

TigTag Jr

Twig World

Years EYFS - 2

Annual Subscription


Everything you need to teach outstanding science lessons.


Twinkl PlanIt Science

Twinkl PlanIt Science

Twinkl

Years 1 - 6

Monthly/Annual Subscription


Excite and engage children with our award-winning scheme of work. Our fully progressive units provide solid building blocks to develop knowledge, skills and concepts. Featuring a wide range of activities created by subject specialists, PlanIt is easy to adapt and well researched so you can teach with confidence.


United Learning Science

United Learning Science

United Learning

Years EYFS - 6

Annual Subscription


From expert sequencing to classroom resources, the United Curriculum for Primary delivers everything your teachers and subject leads need.


White Rose Science

White Rose Science

White Rose Education

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription


White Rose Science takes the highly successful approach we pioneered with White Rose Maths and transfers it to the primary science curriculum. It uses a “small steps” approach to science teaching, and closely follows the national curriculum for science for years 1 - 6. It gives specialist and non-specialist teachers a one stop solution as they help children develop scientific understanding and grasp scientific ideas.


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