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Key curriculum links – England
Level
EYFS and KS1
(ages 5-7)
(EYFS, KS1 and lower KS2)
Curriculum Links
Understanding the world:
• They make observations of…plants and explain why some things occur, and talk
about changes
Science – Plants:
• Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including… trees
• Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants,
including trees
• Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants
• Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to
grow and stay healthy
Design and technology – Cooking and nutrition:
• Understand where food comes from
Other links: English/literacy, mathematics
Lower KS2
(ages 7-9)
Science – Plants/Living things and their habitats:
• Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots,
stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients
from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including
pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
• Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
• Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of
living things in their local and wider environment
• (looking for patterns in the structure of fruits that relate to how the seeds are dispersed)
Design and technology – Cooking and nutrition:
• Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown,
reared, caught and processed
Other links: English, mathematics, geography
Key curriculum links – Wales
Level
Foundation
Phase
(ages 5-7)
(Foundation Phase and lower KS2)
Curriculum Links
Knowledge and Understanding of the World – Myself and other living things:
• Learn the names and uses of the main external parts of…plants
• Identify some…plants that live in the outdoor environment
• Identify the effects the different seasons have on some…plants
Other links: National Literacy and Numeracy Framework
Lower KS2
(ages 7-9)
Science – Interdependence of organisms:
• Through fieldwork, the plants and animals found in two contrasting local
environments, e.g. identification, nutrition, life cycles, place in environment
• The interdependence of living organisms in those two environments and their
representation as food chains
• Study the environmental factors that affect what grows and lives in those two
environments, e.g. sunlight, water availability, temperature
Other links: National Literacy and Numeracy Framework, geography, design
andtechnology
Key curriculum links – Scotland
Level
Early and First
(ages 5-7)
(Early, First and Second)
Curriculum Links
Sciences – Planet Earth – Biodiversity and interdependence:
• I have helped to grow plants and can name their basic parts. I can talk about how
they grow and what I need to do to look after them. SCN 0-03a
• I can help to design experiments to find out what plants need in order to grow and
develop. I can observe and record my findings and from what I have learned I can
grow healthy plants in school. SCN 1-03a
Health and wellbeing – Food and the consumer
• I explore and discover where foods come from as I choose, prepare and taste different
foods. HWB 0-35a
• When preparing and cooking a variety of foods, I am becoming aware of the journeys
which foods make from source to consumer, their seasonality, their local availability
and their sustainability. HWB 1-35a / HWB 2-35a
Other links: Literacy and English, numeracy and mathematics
First and
Second
(ages 7-9)
Sciences – Planet Earth – Biodiversity and interdependence:
• I can help to design experiments to find out what plants need in order to grow and
develop. I can observe and record my findings and from what I have learned I can
grow healthy plants in school. SCN 1-03a
• I can identify and classify examples of living things, past and present, to help me
appreciate their diversity. I can relate physical and behavioural characteristics to
their survival or extinction. SCN 2-01a
• Through carrying out practical activities and investigations, I can show how plants
have benefited society. SCN 2-02b
Health and wellbeing – Food and the consumer
• I explore and discover where foods come from as I choose, prepare and taste different
foods. HWB 0-35a
• When preparing and cooking a variety of foods, I am becoming aware of the journeys
which foods make from source to consumer, their seasonality, their local availability
and their sustainability. HWB 1-35a / HWB 2-35a
Other links: Literacy and English, numeracy and mathematics
Key curriculum links – Northern Ireland
Level
Foundation
Stage and KS1
(ages 5-7)
(Foundation Stage, KS1 and KS2)
Curriculum Links
Sciences – Planet Earth – Biodiversity and interdependence:
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That there is a wide variety of plants…in the locality
To be aware that there are plants…from other parts of the world
That there is a variety of plant…life in the world around them
The basic needs of…plants for survival
The World Around Us – Place
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That they share their world with other living things
That some of our goods and services come from other places
About some of the different plants…from a variety of places
What plants need in order to grow
The World Around Us – Change over time
• How…plants are influenced by changes in weather (seasons)
• About change all around them (…food…)
• How living things grow and change
Other links: Language and literacy, mathematics and numeracy
KS1 and KS2
(ages 7-9)
Sciences – Planet Earth – Biodiversity and interdependence:
• That there is a variety of plant…life in the world around them
• The basic needs of…plants for survival
• About the variety of living things and the conditions necessary for their growth
and survival
• About the interrelationships between animals and plants in a habitat
The World Around Us – Place
• About some of the different plants…from a variety of places
• About some of the plants…in a chosen habitat locally or elsewhere
• The conditions necessary for life in a variety of places
• How place affects the plant…life there
The World Around Us – Change over time
• How living things grow and change
• About the life cycles of some plants…
Other links: Language and literacy, mathematics and numeracy