| EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
| Children know about similarities and differences in relation to living things etc | Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants | Explore and compare the differences between things living and dead | Identify functions of different parts of flowering plants, roots etc |
| Children talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one to another. | Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, trees etc | Identify habitats suited to different living things. Identify and name plants and animals in their habitat. | Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth and investigate the way in which water is transported within plants |
| Children make observations of animals and plants… | Identify and name a variety of common animals. Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals | Identify how seeds and bulbs grow. Find out and describe how plants need water, light and temperature to grow | Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants. Compare and group together different kinds of rocks |
