In our current science learning, the children are biologists. A biologist is a scientist who studies living things. Biologists try to understand the natural world and the things that live in it.
We are finding out all about animals by classifying, grouping and discovering what different types of animals eat.
Below, is the vocabulary that we will be using throughout our lessons.
| animal | a living creature |
| mammal | an animal with hair or fur on its body |
| bird | an animal with feathers, wings and a beak |
| fish | animals that live in water and have fins and gills |
| amphibian | an animal that lives on land and water |
| reptile | an animal with dry scales on its body |
| carnivore | an animal that eats other animals |
| herbivore | an animal that eats plants |
| omnivore | an animal that eats other animals and plants |
The learning objective for our first lesson was to identify, classify and name mammals.
Help at home by asking your child the following questions.
- What is a mammal?
- Are all animals mammals?
- Is a fish a mammal?
Find out more
Do some research as a family about mammals. Your child could draw pictures or diagrams and label them, visit a farm and photograph the mammals or simply use books and the internet to find out more.
Encourage your child to bring their home learning in to school to share with the rest of the class.
- Do mammals give birth to live young?
- Are they warm or cold blooded?
- Can mammals breathe underwater?
- Are some pets mammals?
- Which farm animals are mammals?
- Are humans mammals?
- Finally, share this video clip together.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zfm84xs