Plants (Y1)
Prior learning
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Plant seeds and care for growing plants. (Nursery – Plants)
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Understand the key features of the life cycle of a plant and an animal. (Nursery – Plants)
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Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things. (Nursery – Plants)
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Explore the natural world around them. (Reception – Living things and their habitats)
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Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live. (Reception – Living things and their habitats)
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Future learning
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Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants. (Y2 - Plants)
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Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. (Y2 - Plants)
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Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats. (Y2 - Living things and their habitats)
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Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers. (Y3 - Plants)
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Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants. (Y3 Plants)