Plants

Pupils should be taught to:
• identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees;
• describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.

Y1 Common Plants

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Pupils learn to identify a range of common plants. They sort these plants into two groups, 'Garden' and 'Wild' flowers. Pupils extend their knowledge of plants by further sorting parts of plants into 'flowers', 'seeds' and fruits. A cut and paste activity.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees
  • WS - Pupils should become familiar with common names of flowers, examples of deciduous and evergreen trees, and plant structures (including leaves, flowers (blossom), petals, fruit, roots, bulb, seed, trunk, branches, stem).

Y1 The Structure of a Plant

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Children label the main parts of a flowering plant. They plant seeds and record observations of seed growth.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
  • NaG - where possible, pupils should observe the growth of flowers and vegetables that they have planted
  • WS - pupils should observe closely, perhaps using magnifying glasses; draw diagrams showing the parts of different plants; compare and contrast how different plants change over time

Y1 Plants Have Roots

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Children identify the roots on pictures of common plants; they then sort them into two groups based on their own sorting criteria

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - identify and name a variety of common plants; identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
  • NaG - pupils should become familiar with common names of flowers
  • WS - identifying and classifying

Y1 Identifying Common Plants

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Children identify the habitat of common plants

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - identify and name a variety of common plants, including garden plants, wild plants and trees
  • NaG - pupils should use the local environment throughout the year to explore and answer questions about plants growing in their habitat
  • WS - pupils should observe closely, perhaps using magnifying glasses, and compare and contrast familiar plants

Y1 Identifying and Naming Common Plants

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Children walk around the school grounds or local park, to draw and identify common plants.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - identify and name a variety of common plants, including garden plants, wild plants and trees
  • NaG - pupils should become familiar with common names of flowers; they should use the local environment throughout the year to explore and answer questions about plants growing in their habitat
  • WS - pupils should observe closely, perhaps using magnifying glasses, and compare and contrast familiar plants

Y1 Comparing Plant Roots

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Children draw given plants and identify their roots

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS Identify basic structure (including roots) of common plants,
  • NaG Children become familiar with common name of plants

Y1 Common Plants, Bulbs and Seeds

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Children identify and name common plants

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS Identify and name common flowering plants
  • NaG Become familiar with common names of flowers

The Structure of a Tree (New)

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Pupils identify and label the basic structure of a tree, including roots, trunk, leaves and branches.

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Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers. NaG - where possible, pupils should observe the growth of flowers and vegetables that they have planted WS - pupils should observe closely, perhaps using magnifying glasses; draw diagrams showing the parts of different plants; compare and contrast how different plants change over time