Over the two years children have to be taught
Sc2 Life processes and living things
Life processes
1 Pupils should be taught:
a the differences between things that are living and things that have never
been alive
b that animals, including humans, move, feed, grow, use their senses and
reproduce
c to relate life processes to animals and plants found in the local environment.
Humans and other animals
2 Pupils should be taught:
a to recognise and compare the main external parts of the bodies of humans
and other animals
b that humans and other animals need food and water to stay alive
c that taking exercise and eating the right types and amounts of food help
humans to keep healthy
d about the role of drugs as medicines
e how to treat animals with care and sensitivity
f that humans and other animals can produce offspring and that these
offspring grow into adults
g about the senses that enable humans and other animals to be aware
of the world around them.
Green plants
3 Pupils should be taught:
a to recognise that plants need light and water to grow
b to recognise and name the leaf, flower, stem and root of flowering plants
c that seeds grow into flowering plants.
Variation and classification
4 Pupils should be taught to:
a recognise similarities and differences between themselves and others,
and to treat others with sensitivity
b group living things according to observable similarities and differences.
Living things in their environment
5 Pupils should be taught to:
a find out about the different kinds of plants and animals in the local
environment
b identify similarities and differences between local environments and ways
in which these affect animals and plants that are found there
c care for the environment.
3 Materials and their properties
Grouping materials
1 Pupils should be taught to:
a use their senses to explore and recognise the similarities and differences
between materials
b sort objects into groups on the basis of simple material properties [for
example, roughness, hardness, shininess, ability to float, transparency and
whether they are magnetic or non-magnetic]
c recognise and name common types of material [for example, metal, plastic,
wood, paper, rock] and recognise that some of them are found naturally
d find out about the uses of a variety of materials [for example, glass, wood,
wool] and how these are chosen for specific uses on the basis of their
simple properties.
Changing materials
2 Pupils should be taught to:
a find out how the shapes of objects made from some materials can
be changed by some processes, including squashing, bending, twisting
and stretching
b explore and describe the way some everyday materials [for example,
water, chocolate, bread, clay] change when they are heated or cooled.
Sc4 Physical processes
Electricity
1 Pupils should be taught:
a about everyday appliances that use electricity
b about simple series circuits involving batteries, wires, bulbs and other
components [for example, buzzers, motors]
c how a switch can be used to break a circuit.
Forces and motion
2 Pupils should be taught:
a to find out about, and describe the movement of, familiar things [for
example, cars going faster, slowing down, changing direction]
b that both pushes and pulls are examples of forces
c to recognise that when things speed up, slow down or change direction,
there is a cause [for example, a push or a pull].
Light and sound
3 Pupils should be taught:
Light and dark
a to identify different light sources, including the Sun
b that darkness is the absence of light
Making and detecting sounds
c that there are many kinds of sound and sources of sound
d that sounds travel away from sources, getting fainter as they do so,
and that they are heard when they enter the ear.
but it's up to schools how they do it so there isn't a set list of things taught in Y1 or Y2.