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Animals including Humans
Pupils should be taught to:
• identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood;
• recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function;
• describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.
Y6 Animals Including Humans; What is a Healthy Person?
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A PowerPoint presentation used to introduce pupils to what can contribute towards a healthy lifestyle and therefore a healthy person. The PowerPoint can be used at the beginning of the topic or during it to stimulate scientific discussions, ideas and theories.
View ResourceY6 Medicines are Also Drugs
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Pupils learn that not all drugs are bad for you and that some drugs can help us! They learn that medicines are also drugs and when used correctly can cure illnesses, relive pain and save lives. If however these drugs are used to excess or incorrectly then they can also cause us serious harm!
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - Pupils should learn how to keep their bodies healthy and how their bodies might be damaged – including how some drugs and other substances can be harmful to the human body
Y6 Understanding Alcohol
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Pupils learn about alcohol, how its made, the different forms in which it comes and the reasons why adults drink alcohol. They learn about the problems and benefits associated with drinking alcohol and the serious effects that drinking too much alcohol can bring. They complete a survey to help identify which of they many problems associated with the excessive drinking of alcohol they think are the most serious.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - pupils should learn how to keep their bodies healthy and how their bodies might be damaged – including how some drugs and other substances can be harmful to the human body
- WS - reporting and presenting findings from enquiries; recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams; and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
Y6 Investigating Smoking
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Pupils learn about cigarettes, smoking and what cigarette smoking can do to the body. They investigate which of the associate problems associated to smoking they think are the most serious. They place their findings into a block graph.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - Pupils should learn how to keep their bodies healthy and how their bodies might be damaged – including how some drugs and other substances can be harmful to the human body
- WS - reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations; recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
Y6 How Smoking Affects the Body
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Pupils learn about the affects of smoking on the body and some of the health related issues that can happen to smokers and their bodies.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - pupils should learn how to keep their bodies healthy and how their bodies might be damaged – including how some drugs and other substances can be harmful to the human body
- WS - recording data and results of increasing complexity using bar and line graphs
Y6 Smoking – Some Facts
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Pupils separate some of the myths from facts regarding smoking and learn that smoking is one of the worst things children or adults can do to their bodies.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - Pupils should learn how to keep their bodies healthy and how their bodies might be damaged – including how some drugs and other substances can be harmful to the human body
Y6 Healthy Lifestyle
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Pupils learn about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and the different elements that contribute to a healthy lifestyle. They organise a small group of people, from healthiest to least healthy, depending on their lifestyles.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - pupils should learn how to keep their bodies healthy and how their bodies might be damaged – including how some drugs and other substances can be harmful to the human body
Y6 Healthy Hearts
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - pupils should build on their learning from years 3 and 4 about the main body parts and internal organs
Y6 Important Food Groups
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Pupils learn that there are five main food groups and that each group is important for our everyday bodily functions and healthy growth and development.
View ResourceLearning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
Y6 Healthy Food Choices
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Pupils investigate a range of common foods and place them into their correct food groups. They learn that some foods are healthier than other and that the foods we often like the most may not always be the healthiest.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- WS - recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, and bar and line graphs
Y6 A Balanced Diet
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Pupils learn about the importance of a balanced diet and the food groups that make up a balanced diet. They plan a balanced menu for a weekend (a cut and paste activity).
View ResourceLearning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
Y6 Measuring Pulse Rates
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Pupils learn how to take pulse rates and investigate what happens to of pulse when we exercise.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - pupils should build on their learning from years 3 and 4 about the main body parts and internal organs
- WS - recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, and bar and line graphs
Y6 Exercising – Which Muscles?
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Pupils investigate which muscles they use when they carryout a number of different exercises. They also record the body changes that they experience when completing these exercises.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - pupils should build on their learning from years 3 and 4 about the main body parts and internal organs
- WS - reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations
Y6 Exercise, Breathing and Pulse Rates
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Pupils investigate what happens to their pulse rates and heart rates when they complete a series of exercises. They record their results and place them into a graph. They also try to explain why these body changes occur.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - pupils should build on their learning from years 3 and 4 about the main body parts and internal organs
- WS - recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, and bar and line graphs
Y6 Breathing, Heart Rate and Exercise
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Pupils investigate the effects of exercise of heart rate and breathing rate.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - explore and answer questions that help them to understand how the circulatory system enables the body to function
- WS – planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary
Y6 The Heart and Exercise
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Pupils learn about the heart and the part it plays in transporting blood and oxygen around the body. They work together to discuss and record their thoughts concerning the effects of exercise on the heart, the lungs, heart rate and breathing rate.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- NaG - pupils should build on their learning from years 3 and 4 about the main body parts and internal organs
- WS - recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, and bar and line graphs
Y6 The Digestive System
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Pupils learn about the human digestive system, the role certain parts play when digesting food and the way food and water are transported through our body from mouth to anus.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans
- NaG - pupils should build on their learning from years 3 and 4 about the main body parts and internal organs (skeletal, muscular and digestive system)
Y6 The Heart and Other Important Body Organs
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Pupils learn about the body's main organs and the jobs that they carry out, these organs include the heart, lungs, liver, stomach, intestine and brain.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and explain the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood
- WS - identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments
Y6 Body Systems (simplified)
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Pupils learn about the four main body systems; these include the muscular, circulatory and skeletal systems as well as the main organs of the body and the jobs that they carry out.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood
- NaG - pupils should build on their learning from years 3 and 4 about the main body parts and internal organs
Y6 Body Systems
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Pupils learn about the four main body systems; these include the muscular, circulatory and skeletal systems as well as the main organs of the body and the jobs that they carry out.
Learning Objectives:
- PoS - identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood
- NaG - pupils should build on their learning from years 3 and 4 about the main body parts and internal organs