Rocks
| Nursery |
• Use all their senses in hands-on exploration of natural materials. (Nursery – Living things and their habitats) • Explore collections of materials with similar and/or different properties. (Nursery – Living things and their habitats) |
| Reception |
• Explore the natural world around them. (Reception – Living things and their habitats) • Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside. (Reception – Living things and their habitats) |
| Year 1 |
• Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made. (Y1 - Everyday materials) • Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock. (Y1 - Everyday materials) • Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials. (Y1 - Everyday materials) • Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties. (Y1 - Everyday materials) |
| Year 2 | • Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses. (Y2 - Uses of everyday materials) |
| Year 3 |
• Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties. • Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock. • Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter. |
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| Year 5 | |
| Year 6 | • Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago. (Y6 - Evolution and inheritance) |