Minibeast friend or foe?

EASTERSIDE ACADEMY Year 1 and 2 – Minibeast, Friend or Foe?

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Memorable Experience Butterfly World National Curriculum PoS – Science KS1 Working Scientifically  Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways  Observing closely, using simple equipment  Performing simple tests  Identifying and classifying  Using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions  Gathering and recording data to help in answering questions Animals including humans Y1  Identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals  Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores  Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals including pets) Living Things and Their Habitats Y2  Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive  Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other  Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats  Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food Plants • Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.

National Curriculum PoS – Geography Key Stage 1  Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key  Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment.

Connect Explicitly connect to key concept revisited.

Dinosaurs - carnivore / herbivore and omnivore. Great Fire London – maps / compass points Minibeast topic - life cycles e.g. butterfly, frog etc.

Minibeast hunt.

Real life caterpillar to butterfly.

Flowers-labelling/ links to bees.

Describing minibeasts-sorting by criteria.(R) Key Concepts Investigate living things / Communicate geographically Declarative Knowledge – Science Declarative Knowledge – Geography • Bees are essential pollinators for flowers, fruits and  A map is a drawing of a particular area such as a city, vegetables. a country, or a continent, showing its main features as • Able to explain the life cycle of a butterfly. they would appear if you looked at them from above.  A key on a map explains what the symbols on a map • Able to explain the food chains of a butterfly and mean. bee using correct vocabulary (see below).

• Able to explain the definitions of carnivore,  Able use a key to locate different places. herbivore and omnivore.  Know the points on a compass.

• An invertebrate is a creature that does not have a

Outcome: Persuasive speech – Principal

EASTERSIDE ACADEMY Year 1 and 2 – Minibeast, Friend or Foe?

spine, for example an insect, a worm, or an octopus.

• Name five parts of a flower e.g. petal, pollen, root, stem, leaf.

• All living things react to their surroundings, grow, reproduce, feed and get rid of waste. They need air, too.

• Recognise and name lavender, poppy, chives, dandelion, sunflower, honey suckle and daisy.

Vocabulary Subject Specific (This may include some Tier 3)

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Vocabulary Subject Specific (This may include some Tier 3)

pollinators pollinate produce crops invertebrate aerial grid reference coordinate continent locate insect spine flower petal stem leaf root symbol compass rose directions position geography pollen abdomen antennae habitat mico-habitat location feature food chain apex prey predator producer consumer carnivore omnivore herbivore environment colonies hive female male larva Tier 2 characteristics features appropriate energy persuade explain decide life cycle order identify design create diagram label Procedural Knowledge (Skills) Science – Living things  Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, that are dead and that have never been alive.  Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants and how they depend on each other.  Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats.  Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.

Animals  Identify and name a variety of common animals that are birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and invertebrates.  Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.  Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and invertebrates, including pets).

Plants • Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.

Geography • Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of the school and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment.

• Use aerial images and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic physical features.

• Use compass directions (north, south, east and west) and locational language (e.g. near and far) to describe the location of features and routes on a map.

• Devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key. Use simple grid references (A1, B1).

Revisit

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On-going retrieval of what is not currently being taught.

Learning Check Quiz - Fire London / Dinosaurs.

Other Cross-Curricular Links  DT – Baking Hot Cross Buns (Maths – measure)  DT – Making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday (Maths – measure)

Outcome: Persuasive speech – Principal

EASTERSIDE ACADEMY Outdoor Learning Opportunities

Year 1 and 2 – Minibeast, Friend or Foe?

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Make a micro habitat / mini beast hunts / map and compass fieldwork / identifying plants and flowers and their parts DT  Use of fire pit to cook pancakes.(fire pit safety.  making a fire/cooking-apply knowledge.  Using tools to prepare food(knives/graters)-awareness of safety.

Power of Reading Text The Bee that Spoke by Al MacCuish Moth by Isabel Thomas

Outcome: Persuasive speech – Principal