Learning objectives/outcomes: Northern Ireland: Foundation Stage:
- Observing: Children should have opportunities to develop their powers of observation using their senses in a range of purposeful activities throughout the school day e.g: to identify similarities and differences.
- Investigating: Sorting and Classifying: Children should have opportunities to talk about similarities and differences in e.g animals and plants.
Key Stage 1:
My Environment: Pupils should investigate in an active way aspects of the following: animals and their young, their habitat and how they are affected by seasonal change.
Additional information: Megahops: The maximum number of megahops awarded in this activity is 1. The award is given when a child successfully completes the activity and is not dependent on how many questions the child gets right or wrong. Location in Spark Island: Spark Park: the Zoo Related activity information: For further extension on this theme, try The Wise Wizard
SEN information
Suitable for children with Moderate and Specific Learning Difficulties. Some concepts may be difficult to grasp without prior knowledge. Use the downloadable worksheets as a means of ensuring children have that prior knowledge. This activity has full sound. Text is read for children, which should ensure the activity can be undertaken by children who are not confident readers or who have difficulties with reading, thereby giving all children the opportunity to succeed at the activity and also gain a sense of independence.
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