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Animals including Humans

Pupils should be taught to:
• notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults ;
• find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air);
• describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene.

Y2 Why we Eat and Drink

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Pupils discuss the things that they think all animals, including humans need to do to stay alive and stay healthy.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival, as well as the importance of exercise and nutrition for humans
  • WS - pupils should ask questions about what things animals need for survival and what humans need to stay healthy

Y2 Why do we Eat and Drink?

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Pupils identify the things that humans need to do in order to keep them alive. They separate the things we need to do to stay alive from the things that we may do for fun and enjoyment. A cut and paste activity.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival, as well as the importance of exercise and nutrition for humans
  • WS - pupils should ask questions about what things animals need for survival and what humans need to stay healthy

Y2 The Basic Needs of Baby Humans

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Pupils use labels to identify the basic needs of human babies and toddlers. They identify the changes in needs as infants grow and develop.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival
  • WS - pupils should ask questions about what things animals need for survival and what humans need to stay healthy; suggest ways to find answers to their questions

Y2 Matching Young and Adult Animals

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Pupils match baby animals with their adult animal mother or father. A cut and paste activity.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults
  • NaG - pupils should also be introduced to the processes of reproduction and growth in animals; the focus at this stage should be on questions that help pupils to recognise growth

Y2 Matching Baby and Adult Animals

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Pupils label and match each adult animals with their babies. A cut and paste activity.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults
  • NaG - pupils should also be introduced to the processes of reproduction and growth in animals; the focus at this stage should be on questions that help pupils to recognise growth; they should not be expected to understand how reproduction occurs

Y2 Keeping Healthy – Exercise and Diet

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Pupils look at a range of people and give them a mark out of 10 depending on how healthy they think they are based on their lifestyles.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food and hygiene
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival, as well as the importance of exercise and nutrition for humans

Y2 Humans Grow and Change

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Pupils cut out the pictures that show the changes that can happen to people as they grow older and put them in order to create a human time line.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults
  • NaG - the focus at this stage should be on questions that help pupils to recognise growth; growing into adults can include reference to baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult

Y2 Growing and Changing

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Pupils match the young of a number of animals to their adult. A cut and paste activity.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults
  • NaG - the focus at this stage should be on questions that help pupils to recognise growth
  • WS - pupils should observe, through video or first-hand observation and measurement, how different animals, including humans, grow

Y2 Exercising

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Pupils carry out an investigation into exercise, muscles and body parts. They have to identify the muscles and body parts used when carrying out a range of simple exercises. Pupils also have to identify body changes that occur when completing exercises.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS- describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival, as well as the importance of exercise and nutrition for humans
  • WS - pupils should observe first-hand, what humans need to stay healthy

Y2 Exercising (blank)

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Pupils carry out an investigation into exercise, muscles and body parts. They have to identify the muscles and body parts used when carrying out a range of simple exercises. Pupils also have to identify body changes that occur when completing exercises.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS- describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food and hygiene
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival, as well as the importance of exercise and nutrition for humans
  • WS - pupils should observe first-hand, what humans need to stay healthy

Y2 Eating the Right Amount of Different Types of Food

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Pupils sort out a range of common foods into two groups, 'Healthy' and 'Unhealthy' foods.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival, as well as the importance of exercise and nutrition for humans
  • WS - pupils should ask questions about what things animals need for survival and what humans need to stay healthy

Y2 Eating Different Kinds of Food

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Pupils carry out a survey to find out what the favourite types of food are in their class. Pupils complete a bar chart to reflect their results.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air); describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival, as well as the importance of exercise and nutrition for humans
  • WS - pupils should ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways; gather and record data to help in answering questions

Y2 Eating and Drinking

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Pupils record the things they like to eat and drink. They then complete a survey and make a pictogram of their classes favourite healthy food choices.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival, as well as the importance of exercise and nutrition for humans
  • WS - pupils should ask questions about what things animals need for survival and what humans need to stay healthy; gather and record data to help in answering questions

Y2 Children and Young Animals Grow

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Pupils have to match babies with their adult forms. A cut and paste activity.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults
  • NaG - the focus at this stage should be on questions that help pupils to recognise growth

Y2 Animal Reproduction and Growth

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Pupils match the adult animals with their babies. Pupils also construct a simple frog life cycle.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults
  • NaG - pupils should be introduced to the processes of reproduction and growth in animals; the following examples might be used: egg, chick, chicken; egg, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly; spawn, tadpole, frog; lamb, sheep; growing into adults can include reference to baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult

Y2 All Animals Need to Eat

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Pupils match animals to their food. A cut and paste activity.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
  • NaG -pupils should be introduced to the basic needs of animals for survival
  • WS - pupils should ask questions about what things animals need for survival