Plants

EYFS

• Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants;
  
• Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class

Year 1

• identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees
• identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees

Year 2

• observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants
• find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy

Year 3

• identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
• explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant
• investigate the way in which water is transported within plants
• explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal

Year 5 - Revisit

• describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals

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Key Vocabulary

Useful Links

Vocabulary by year group

Plants - KS1 Science - BBC Bitesize

Science | KS1 | The plant life cycle | BBC Teach - YouTube

Plants - KS2 Science - BBC Bitesize