Year 6 Light and Electricity Planning

A fully planned and resourced Year 6 Science unit covering Light and Electricity, delivered through ActivInspire flipcharts and supported by detailed lesson planning, pupil resources, and inclusive SEND/EAL scaffolds.

This unit follows an enquiry-based learning approach, encouraging pupils to predict, test, observe and explain, while building secure scientific understanding and vocabulary. Every lesson is clearly structured with learning objectives, success criteria, key vocabulary, enquiry questions, practical investigations, and plenaries, making it ideal for confident delivery with minimal preparation.

What’s included:

ActivInspire flipcharts for every lesson (clear visuals, modelling and questioning)

Detailed lesson planning for Light and Electricity

Science Planning

Practical investigations (circuits, batteries, components, reflection, shadows)

Clear progression across sessions, revisiting and building knowledge step by step

SEND scaffolds including simplified instructions, visual supports and sentence stems

EAL resources, including English–Turkish vocabulary and sentence support

Scientific vocabulary lists embedded in each lesson

Assessment opportunities through discussion, diagrams, tables and explanations

Topics covered:

Building and testing simple electrical circuits

Circuit symbols and scientific drawings

How batteries and components affect circuits

How light travels and how we see

Reflection and mirrors

How different surfaces reflect light

How shadows are formed and how they change

Ideal for:

Year 6 teachers using ActivInspire

Mixed-ability classes

SEND and EAL learners

Small-group intervention

ECTs and non-specialist teachers

Reducing planning time without reducing quality

This resource is classroom-ready, inclusive, and carefully sequenced, while fully meeting Upper KS2 National Curriculum expectations for Science.