Our Science leads created Science Matrices, inspired by the PLAN primary science assessment resources. These resources enable them to monitor and/or support teachers with planning topics in year groups.

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For each topic of the science National Curriculum for each year group, this document includes a matrix that provides:

• prior and future learning

• the key learning and vocabulary that the children need to have acquired

• examples of possible activities that enable children to learn or apply the knowledge

• examples of possible evidence that would indicate that children are secure in the learning and vocabulary

• common misconceptions that the children may have, to alert teachers to be aware of these

• possible ways to work scientifically within that topic.

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When children have engaged in sufficient activities to have become secure in the required knowledge, it is time to reflect on their learning. Children that are not secure can then be given additional activities to provide them with further opportunities to show that they are secure, possibly gathering evidence in a different way, for example verbally in a small group context. Children that are secure can be given enrichment activities to broaden their thinking, while being careful not to stray into the content taught in later years.