​​​​​​Term 6 - Plants

This term, we will be learning about plants and more specifically, flowering plants.  This will build upon the children's learning in Year One about identifying and naming a variety of wild and garden plants and describing the basic structure of these plants and trees.  It will also extend the children's Year Two learning about how seeds and bulbs grow and what plants need to grow and stay healthy.

The enquiry questions we will be exploring are:

• How are seeds dispersed?
• What are the main functions of the different parts of a flowering plant?
• How do plants make food and how is water transported?
• What does a plant need to stay alive?
• Why does a plant need flowers?

There will be opportunities for practical exploration and investigating within each lesson with children developing their skills in working scientifically in the five areas of disciplinary knowledge.

Each lesson will begin with an opportunity for children to retrieve their learning from prior lessons within the term, earlier in Year Three or even previous year groups.  This is done through exploring pictures, words and objects within our science suitcase.  Children are encouraged to use scientific vocabulary when making links to their prior learning.