The Heart and Circulatory System

Categories: Key Stage 2, Science
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About Course

Your heart beats around 100,000 times a day! In this Year 6 course you will learn the main parts of the circulatory system, what the heart, blood vessels and blood do, how nutrients and water are carried around the body and how diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle affect how the body works.

Tutwoo Kids is an independent learning service. This course is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department for Education, Ofqual or any exam board, and Tutwoo Kids certificates are not qualifications. Content was checked against the national curriculum for England in October 2026.

What Will You Learn?

  • Name the main parts of the circulatory system Describe the jobs of the heart, blood vessels and blood Explain how nutrients and water are transported around the body Describe how diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle affect the body

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • The heart: an amazing pump
  • Blood and blood vessels
  • Nutrients and water on the move
  • Keeping your body healthy

For grown-ups
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