KS1 – Year 1 and Year 2
Vocabulary is the focus of this week’s Talk Time.
We’ve just begun a new Science topic and with it comes new Science vocabulary.
This half-term, we’re all biologists, learning specifically about plants. Here’s a list of key words that are being learnt and applied as part of our learning. Over the half-term, practise using these words with your child.
- seed: the part of a plant which can grow into a new plant
- bulbs: the round underground part of a plant that contains food for the plant (eg onion bulb, daffodil bulb, tulip bulb)
- basic needs: the things that a plant needs to live
- temperature: a measurement of how hot or cold something is
- growth: an increase in size
- healthy: feeling well and happy
- germinate: when a seed begins to grow into a plant
- seedling: a young plant grown from a seed.
Some of these words have been introduced already this week but there may be others that are going to be covered in the coming weeks.
KS2 – Year 3 and Year 4
Vocabulary is the focus of this week’s Talk Time.
We’ve just begun a new Science topic and with it comes new Science vocabulary.
This half-term, we’re all physicians, learning specifically about forces and magnets. Here’s a list of key words that are being learnt and applied as part of our learning. Over the half-term, practise using these words with your child.
- force: a push, pull, twist or turn caused when two objects interact with each other
- contact: touching
- non-contact: not touching
- magnet: an object or device that attracts iron or another magnetic material
- magnetic: attracted to a magnet
- to attract: to pull towards
- to repel: to push away
- pole: area of a magnet where the magnetic force is strongest
- compass: a device that aids navigation by pointing to Earth’s North and South poles
Some of these words have been introduced already this week but there may be others that are going to be covered in the coming weeks.
KS2 – Year 5 and Year 6
Vocabulary is the focus of this week’s Talk Time.
We’ve just begun a new Science topic and with it comes new Science vocabulary.
This half-term, we’re all biologists, learning specifically about animals, including humans. Here’s a list of key words that are being learnt and applied as part of our learning. Over the half-term, practise using these words with your child.
- reproduction: the process by which organisms create new versions of themselves (offspring); all living things reproduce
- fertilization: when an egg and pollen (or sperm) join together
- gestation: when a baby animal develops inside its mother’s womb
- pollination: transferring pollen from the male parts of a flower to the female part of a flower so new plants can be made
- germination: the process by which seeds grow into plants
- metamorphosis: a dramatic change in the life cycle of an animal in which it ends up looking totally different
- sperm: male reproductive cells
Some of these words have been introduced already this week but there may be others that are going to be covered in the coming weeks.