Animals are living things that can move and eat other animals or plants.

If something is familiar, it is well known to you.

Pets are animals that can be kept at home and looked after by humans.

A wild animal lives freely and finds their own food, water and shelter.

To group things is to put similar things together.

Naming and grouping familiar animals

Science

Naming mammals

Naming birds and reptiles

Naming fish and amphibians

Animal structure

What animals eat

In this Naming and grouping animals unit, pupils learn to group animals according to what they eat. In the Introduction to food chains unit they will build on this knowledge to learn about simple feeding relationships

Pupils will draw upon prior learning about animals in EYFS and their own everyday experiences. In this Naming and grouping animals unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to identify and name a variety of common animals and learn about different ways animals can be grouped

This unit focuses on asking simple questions, identifying and classifying common animals, and gathering data. It includes identifying animals like fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, categorising them as carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores, and comparing their structures.

Naming and grouping animals

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which of these animals should not be kept as a pet?

Animals can move around and feed themselves by ...

an animal that you heard someone else talk about

Which of these animals could live in a house with people?

Naming and grouping familiar animals

Lesson outcome

Content guidance