Plants

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• identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees

• identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers

• describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics 

• observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants

• identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers

• describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals

Animals

including humans

•  identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats

•  construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey

• describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals

• identify common appliances that run on electricity

• construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers

• identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for different uses

• compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency

• ·         find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

• observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C)

• explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object

• Moving and handling: children show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space. 

• identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating
• recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear
• find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it

Earth and Space