05-Outcomes

- Name some plants found around the school //eg daisy, dandelion// and name groups of plants //eg trees, grass, pondweed, moss…// - Describe orally, by drawing or in simple writing, what the plants are like //eg trees are tall and have thick branches, dandelions have yellow flowers and green leaves// and where they can grow //eg there is grass in the path cracks…// - Recognise when plants should not be pulled up. - Recognise and say that the plant has grown //eg it is taller, it has more leaves, its stem is fatter…// - Communicate observations in drawings and descriptions of these //eg it had two leaves, now it has many…// - State that humans eat some plants. - Identify the roots of a plant. - Make comparisons, identifying differences and some similarities //eg they are both white…// - Present results by writing or drawing in a table or chart prepared for them. - Use the results of their experiment to show that plants need water to grow //eg by saying the ones we didn’t water died but the others stayed green…// - Suggest a way //eg keeping one plant in a box or cupboard and one in the classroom// of finding out whether green plants need light to grow. - Identify differences between the plants //eg the one in the dark isn’t green and doesn’t look healthy…// - Draw a conclusion from the results //eg the one in the dark didn’t look healthy. I think plants like to be in the light…// - State that living plants grow. - Distinguish between a plant that has died and an artificial plant.