Evolution and inheritance
| Year-group | Vocabulary/Statement(s) |
| Nursery | natural, plant, animal, leaves, seeds, conkers, acorns, twigs, bark, shells, feathers, pebbles, stones, same, different, pattern (Nursery - Living things and their habitats) |
| Reception | plant, tree, bush, flower, vegetable, herb, weed, animal, names of plants and animals they see, name of a contrasting environment (e.g. beach, forest) (Reception - Living things and their habitats) |
| Year 1 | leaf, flower, blossom, petal, fruit, berry, root, seed, trunk, branch, stem, bark, stalk, bud (Y1 - Plants) |
| Year 2 |
light, shade, Sun, warm, cool, water, space, grow, healthy, bulb, germinate, shoot, seedling (Y2 - Plants)
living, dead, never been alive, suited, suitable, basic needs, food, food chain, shelter, move, feed, water, air, survive, survival, conditions, light, dark, shady, sunny, wet, damp, dry, hot, cold (Y2 - Living things and their habitats) |
| Year 3 |
photosynthesis, pollen, insect/wind pollination, male, female, seed formation, seed dispersal (e.g. wind dispersal, animal dispersal, water dispersal), air, nutrients, minerals, soil (Y3 - Plants)
soil, fossil, bone, flesh, minerals (Y3 - Rocks) |
| Year 4 |
environment, habitat, human impact, positive, negative, migrate, hibernate (Y4 - Living things and their habitats)
herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, producer, predator, prey (Y4 - Animals, including humans) |
| Year 5 | life cycle, reproduce, sexual, fertilises, asexual, plantlets, runners, tubers, cuttings (Y5 - Living things and their habitats) |
| Year 6 | offspring, sexual reproduction, vary, characteristics, adapted, inherited, species, evolve, evolution |