Plants
This science scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants and investigate and test how to support plant growth. The class can practise growing plants under a range of conditions to identify what plants need to grow.
Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants and investigate and test how to support plant growth
Lesson One : What Plants
Locate, identify and describe some of the different types of plants and flowers that can be found in locations around the school grounds
Lesson Two : Planting Seeds
Investigate, explain and record how some different types of seeds can be planted in the ground to grow into matching plants and flowers
Lesson Three : Flowers
Identify, locate and describe each of the main parts that can be found on a flowering plant to explain their function in helping a flower to grow
Lesson Four : Growing Plants
Select and conduct different tests to identify and record what happens to plants when they have been grown with no air, water or sunlight
Lesson Five : Changing Plants
Investigate, explain and record how different types of common and wild plants can grow, change and develop over time
Lesson Six : Plant Instructions
Identify and write sets of instructions about how to grow healthy plants and flowers in a garden by following a number of correct steps
Plants Assessment
Assess abilities in identifying and describing the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants and investigating and testing how to support plant growth
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Word Matching
Identify, match and record the initial sounds that have been used in a range of cvc words beginning with different letters
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Family Toys
Investigate and record how a selection of different toys and games that were owned by families have changed and developed over time
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Subtraction Digits
Model and illustrate how to subtract pairs of single digit numbers within ten using concrete equipment and diagrams to support the subtraction calculations
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Family Experiences
Practise composing and presenting some example stories with familiar settings to illustrate things that might be experienced by a family