SUBJECT: SCIENCE
WEEK TOPIC
1 Looking after ourselves
2 Looking after ourselves
3 Looking after ourselves
4 Looking after ourselves
5 Looking after ourselves
6 Looking after ourselves
YEAR: THREE PART: ONE
OBJECTIVES
To know the five major food groups.
To understand what each food group gives the
human body for optimum health.
To understand how a food pyramid guides us to
eating healthy proportions of the food groups.
To identify different foods which can be used to
treat health conditions.
To learn the importance of a range of fruit and
vegetables in our diet
To learn the health benefits of eating specific
fruits and vegetables.
To understand the harmful effects certain foods
have on our bodies.
To learn the importance of drinking water in our
diet.
To know what happens if too much or too little is
eaten.
To understand that too little food is as unhealthy
as too much food.
To realize the importance of balance with diet.
To understand that physical fitness is as
important as a healthy diet.
To begin to plan and carry out a scientific
investigation.
 To identify the different parts of a flower and
begin to describe the function of some of these
parts.
7 Growing plants
To observe, dissect and recap on the function of
the different parts of a flower.

To identify different types of plants.

To understand what the different criteria for
some plants are.
8 Growing plants
To learn the parts of a flowering plant.
To identify which parts of a flowering plant may
be eaten.

To explore the requirements of different plants

for life and growth – light, warmth, nutrients, air
and water.

9 Growing plants To understand that leaves are needed for

healthy plant growth.
To understand that tree roots prevent soil
erosion.

To learn how plants are vital to the prevention of

desertification.
To understand that broad-leafed trees are
10 Growing plants responsible for releasing moisture into the
atmosphere.
To draw conclusions from collected data.

To explore the part that flowers play in the life

cycle of flowering plants.

11 Growing plants To investigate the need for pollination.

To discover the role of seeds in the life cycle of a
flowering plant.

To revise and discuss learning about flowering

12 Growing plants plants.