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Science // Ocean Life

Know that the ocean has tides (water level rises and falls twice a day, caused mainly by the Moon's gravity), waves (caused by wind), and currents (rivers of…

Science // Ocean Life

Know that the ocean floor is not flat — it has mountains, valleys, and the deepest trenches on Earth — and that the deepest point is the Mariana Trench, deeper…

Science // Ocean Life

Know that coral reefs are built by tiny living animals called coral polyps, that reefs are home to more species than almost any other ocean habitat, and that…

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Identify and name common animals from major groups: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Identify and name common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Name and use vocabulary for what makes something living — alive, dead, never been alive, movement, nutrition, growth, reproduction, sensitivity, excretion — and…

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Understand what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive: water, food, air, and suitable conditions

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Classify common animals as carnivores (eat meat), herbivores (eat plants), or omnivores (eat both)

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Identify and describe the basic structure of common flowering plants (roots, stem, leaves, flowers) and trees (roots, trunk, branches, leaves)

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Describe and compare the external body structure of common animals across groups (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals)

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Identify, name, and locate basic parts of the human body and associate each body part with its sense

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Recognise that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults, and describe basic animal life stages

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants through stages of germination and growth

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Understand that plants need water, light, and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Observe that young plants and animals resemble their parents but are not identical, recognising inherited similarities and individual differences

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all share the common stages of birth, growth, reproduction, and death

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots absorb water and nutrients, stems transport materials, leaves make food…

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Understand the life cycle of flowering plants including pollination, seed formation, and seed dispersal

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Understand that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition, and that animals cannot make their own food

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Use vocabulary for classifying animals and describing life cycles — vertebrate, invertebrate, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, insect, arachnid, larva…

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Draw and interpret life cycle diagrams for flowering plants, insects (complete and incomplete metamorphosis), birds, and mammals — labelling stages, describing…

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection, and movement

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Explore and compare the requirements of plants for life and growth: air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow

Science // Organisms & Life Processes

Investigate how water is transported within plants, using observations such as coloured water being drawn up through a stem