Chapter library

Chapter 1: Hardness: comparing hard and soft materials with a fair scratch test

• Can compare how hard materials are with a fair scratch test, and put them in order from softest to hardest
• Can plan a fair test, and use the results to explain why metals, wood and plastic are chosen for particular jobs

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Chapter 2: Transparency: transparent, translucent and opaque materials

• Can test materials with a torch and group them as transparent, translucent or opaque

Year 5 science

Chapter 3: Solubility: soluble and insoluble solids in water

• Can test which solids dissolve in water, and group them as soluble or insoluble

Year 5 science

Chapter 4: Conductivity: electrical and thermal conductors and insulators

• Can plan a fair test, and use the results to explain why metals, wood and plastic are chosen for particular jobs
• Can test materials to find electrical and thermal conductors and insulators, and explain that metals are good conductors

Year 5 science Year 5 science

Chapter 5: Response to magnets: magnetic and non-magnetic materials

• Can test which materials are attracted to a magnet, and explain that only some metals, such as iron and steel, are magnetic

Year 5 science

Chapter 6: Comparing and grouping materials by their properties

• Can compare and group materials using two or more properties, such as in a Venn diagram or by finding the odd one out

Year 5 science

Chapter 7: Fair tests and evidence: why we use metals, wood and plastic

• Can plan a fair test, and use the results to explain why metals, wood and plastic are chosen for particular jobs

Year 5 science Year 5 science

Chapter 1: Changes of state: melting, freezing, evaporating and condensing are reversible

• Can show that melting, freezing, evaporating and condensing are reversible changes by changing a material back to how it was

Year 5 science

Chapter 2: Dissolving: a reversible change, getting the solid back by evaporating

• Can explain that a dissolved solid is still in the solution, and get it back by evaporating the water

Year 5 science

Chapter 3: Mixing: a reversible change, separating mixtures with a sieve and a filter

• Can show that mixing is reversible by separating mixtures with a sieve or a filter

Year 5 science

Chapter 4: Burning: an irreversible change that makes new materials

• Can explain that burning makes new materials, such as ash, smoke and gases, so it can't be reversed

Year 5 science

Chapter 5: Acid on bicarbonate of soda: an irreversible change that makes a new gas

• Can explain that vinegar (an acid) and bicarbonate of soda make a new gas, carbon dioxide, so the change is irreversible

Year 5 science

Chapter 6: Reversible or irreversible? Sorting changes and explaining why

• Can sort everyday changes as reversible or irreversible and explain why, by asking whether a new material is made

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Chapter 1: Solids: materials that keep their shape

• Can explain that solids keep their own shape, and can spot solids, including powders like sand and soft solids like a sponge

Year 4 science

Chapter 2: Liquids: materials that flow and take the shape of their container

• Can explain that liquids flow and take the shape of their container while the amount stays the same, including thick liquids like honey

Year 4 science

Chapter 3: Gases: materials that spread out to fill a space

• Can explain that gases spread out to fill the space they are in, escape from open containers, and that air is a real material

Year 4 science

Chapter 4: Comparing and grouping materials into solids, liquids and gases

• Can compare everyday materials and group them into solids, liquids and gases, including tricky ones

Year 4 science

Chapter 1: Squashing: pressing and squeezing to change shape

• Can explain that squashing means pressing or squeezing, and say which things, like dough or a sponge, can be squashed by hand

Year 2 science

Chapter 2: Bending: pushing or pulling straight objects into curves

• Can explain that bending means pushing or pulling something straight into a curve, and say which things, like a pipe cleaner or a plastic ruler, can be bent

Year 2 science

Chapter 3: Twisting: turning the two ends opposite ways

• Can explain that twisting means holding both ends and turning them opposite ways, and say which things, like dough or a wet cloth, can be twisted

Year 2 science

Chapter 4: Stretching: pulling objects to make them longer

• Can explain that stretching means pulling something to make it longer, and say which things, like a rubber band or dough, can be stretched

Year 2 science

Chapter 5: Spring back or stay changed? What happens after squashing, bending, twisting and stretching

• Can say which things spring back to their old shape when you let go, like a sponge or a rubber band, and which stay in their new shape, like dough or foil

Year 2 science

Chapter 6: Testing materials: can it be squashed, bent, twisted or stretched?

• Can predict and test whether things can be squashed, bent, twisted or stretched, and record the results in a table

Year 2 science

Chapter 1: Ratio language: 'for every' and the ratio symbol a : b

• Can describe two amounts with 'for every' and write the ratio with the ratio symbol, in the right order

Year 6 maths

Chapter 2: Missing values in ratios: scaling recipes with multiplication and division

• Can find missing amounts in a ratio, such as a recipe scaled up or down, by multiplying or dividing both amounts by the same number

Year 6 maths

Chapter 3: Scale factors: enlarging shapes by multiplying every side

• Can enlarge a shape by multiplying every side by the scale factor

Year 6 maths

Chapter 4: Similar shapes: finding scale factors and missing lengths

• Can find the scale factor between similar shapes and use it to work out missing lengths

Year 6 maths

Chapter 5: Ratio and fractions: unequal grouping with fractions and multiples

• Can use equal groups to switch between ratios and fractions, such as 2 : 3 meaning two fifths and three fifths

Year 6 maths Year 6 maths

Chapter 6: Unequal sharing: sharing amounts in a ratio with a bar model

• Can share an amount in a ratio using a bar model, and find the whole amount when one share is known

Year 6 maths

Chapter 1: Swap it!

• Can explain why swapping goods (barter) was tricky and why people needed money

Chapter 2: Things everyone wanted

• Can explain why swapping goods (barter) was tricky and why people needed money

Chapter 3: The first coins

• Can describe how the first coins and paper money began

Chapter 4: Paper money

• Can describe how the first coins and paper money began

Chapter 5: Goldsmiths become banks

• Can explain how banks began and how lending creates new money

Chapter 6: Money built on trust

• Can explain that money works because people trust it, not because of gold

Chapter 7: Where new money comes from

• Can explain how banks began and how lending creates new money

Chapter 8: Why prices go up

• Can explain why prices rise over time and how interest rates can slow it down

Chapter 9: Money goes digital

• Can explain that money works because people trust it, not because of gold

Chapter 1: Earn and save

• Can explain that saving means keeping some money now to buy something later

Chapter 2: Needs and wants

• Can tell needs (like bread or a warm coat) from wants (like sweets or games)

Chapter 3: Pick a goal

• Can pick a saving goal and work out how long it takes to save for it

Chapter 4: Make a plan

• Can pick a saving goal and work out how long it takes to save for it

Chapter 5: Save up

• Can pick a saving goal and work out how long it takes to save for it

Chapter 6: Buy it!

• Can pick a saving goal and work out how long it takes to save for it

Chapter 7: Watch it grow

• Can explain that a bank can pay interest, so savings slowly grow

Chapter 8: Super Saver

• Can explain that saving means keeping some money now to buy something later

Chapter 1: Pence coins: 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p

• Can recognise and name all eight UK coins, from 1p to £2
• Can say what each coin is worth, and knows that pound coins are worth more than pence coins

Year 1 maths

Chapter 2: Seven-sided coins: 20p and 50p

• Can recognise and name all eight UK coins, from 1p to £2
• Can say what each coin is worth, and knows that pound coins are worth more than pence coins

Year 1 maths

Chapter 3: Pound coins: £1 and £2

• Can recognise and name all eight UK coins, from 1p to £2
• Can say what each coin is worth, and knows that pound coins are worth more than pence coins

Year 1 maths

Chapter 4: Notes: £5, £10, £20 and £50

• Can recognise the £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes and say what each one is worth

Year 1 maths

Chapter 5: Which is worth more? Coin and note values

• Can tell which of two coins or notes is worth more by its value, not its size

Year 1 maths

Chapter 1: High and low sounds: hearing the difference

• Can hear whether a sound is high or low, even when it is loud or quiet

Years 1–2 music

Chapter 2: Notes going up, down or staying the same

• Can hear when notes go up, go down or stay the same

Years 1–2 music

Chapter 3: Copying and reading high and low patterns

• Can copy a short pattern of high and low notes, and match it to dots drawn higher and lower

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Chapter 4: Listening for high and low in music

• Can listen carefully to music and say when it is high or low, and when it climbs up or falls down

Years 1–2 music

Chapter 5: Making music with high and low sounds

• Can choose high or low sounds to fit an idea, and make a short tune that goes up or down

Years 1–2 music

Chapter 1: Open the curtains

• Can name the four families of the orchestra: strings, woodwind, brass and percussion

Chapter 2: Build the strings

• Can explain how each family makes sound: bowing or plucking, blowing, buzzing lips, or hitting and shaking
• Can explain that bigger instruments usually play lower notes, like the double bass and the tuba

Chapter 3: Build the woodwind

• Can explain how each family makes sound: bowing or plucking, blowing, buzzing lips, or hitting and shaking
• Can explain that bigger instruments usually play lower notes, like the double bass and the tuba
• Can recognise instruments such as the flute, oboe, trumpet and timpani by how they look

Chapter 4: Build the brass

• Can explain how each family makes sound: bowing or plucking, blowing, buzzing lips, or hitting and shaking
• Can explain that bigger instruments usually play lower notes, like the double bass and the tuba

Chapter 5: Build the percussion

• Can explain how each family makes sound: bowing or plucking, blowing, buzzing lips, or hitting and shaking
• Can tell tuned percussion, which can play a tune, from untuned percussion

Chapter 6: Conduct your orchestra

• Can name the four families of the orchestra: strings, woodwind, brass and percussion

Chapter 1: Hungry Croc

• Can say which of two numbers is bigger or smaller, and find the greatest or smallest
• Can use the <, > and = signs to compare two numbers

Chapter 2: Tens & Ones

• Can compare numbers by looking at the tens first, then the ones
• Can use the <, > and = signs to compare two numbers

Chapter 3: Frog Hop

• Can find numbers on a number line and say which numbers come between two others

Chapter 4: Duck Parade

• Can put a set of numbers in order from smallest to largest

Chapter 1: Counting objects: one number for each thing

• Can count objects up to 10, saying one number for each thing

Reception maths Reception maths

Chapter 2: How many? The last number you say

• Can tell how many there are from the last number they say when counting

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Chapter 3: Pebbles and tens frames: counting to 10

• Can count out up to 10 pebbles into a tens frame

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Chapter 4: Counting actions: claps and jumps

• Can count actions, like jumps and claps, as they happen

Reception maths

Chapter 5: Counting sounds: listen and count

• Can count sounds, like drum beats and bells, by listening

Reception maths