Year 2 visited Chester Zoo yesterday and met with Marisa to talk about what native wildlife we might find in the area.  They also enjoyed a Butterfly workshop, finding out about life cycles.

Knowledge: 

  • To understand that all living things grow and change during their lifecycles.

  • To know that animals (including humans) have offspring that grow into adults.

  • To observe and describe how plants grow and change over time.

  • To identify and compare the lifecycles of different living things.


Skills:

Make observations of plants and animals over time and record changes.
✅ Use simple scientific vocabulary to describe what they see.
✅ Sort and sequence pictures or models showing stages of a lifecycle.
✅ Ask and answer questions about what living things need to survive and grow.

Vocab: life cycle, emerge, change, chrysalis, egg, butterfly, growth