05-OBSERVATIONS+&+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.