SESHAT library

Recognise and name the major parts of familiar flowering plants (limited to roots, leaves, stems and flowers).

Identify the senses (limited to sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch) and what they detect, linking each to the correct body part.

Recognise and name the major external parts of the human body.

Know that animals, including humans, need air, water and suitable food to survive.

Know that plants need light and water to survive.

Describe how humans are similar to and different from each other.

Identify, name, describe, sort and group common materials, including wood, plastic, metal, glass, rock, paper and fabric.

Understand the difference between an object and a material.

Understand that all materials have a variety of properties.

Describe common materials in terms of their properties.

Describe how materials can be changed by physical action, e.g. stretching, compressing, bending and twisting.

Explore, talk about and describe the movement of familiar objects.

Describe pushes and pulls as forces.

Explore that some objects float and some sink.

Identify different sources of sound.

Explore that as sound travels from a source it becomes quieter.

Identify things that require electricity to work.

Explore, talk about and describe what happens when magnets approach and touch different materials.

Know that Earth is mostly covered in water.

Describe land as being made of rock and soil.

Know that Earth is the planet on which we live.

Describe the Sun as a source of heat and light, and as one of many stars.