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This term, as part of our learning in Science, we are finding out about living and non living things.\u00a0 Children are learning to explain the difference between living and non-living things, taking into consideration movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, excretion and feeding.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n This week we started to learn about animal classifications.\u00a0 <\/span>Animals are divided into two main groups – animals that have a backbone<\/strong>\u00a0are called\u00a0vertebrates <\/strong>and animals that don’t have a\u00a0backbone<\/strong>\u00a0are called\u00a0invertebrates.\u00a0 <\/strong>We found out about the six animal groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, insects and amphibians and identified what the animals in each group have in common.<\/p>\n Karlie – Amphibians live on land and water.<\/p>\n Jessica – Fish have fins to move around and gills to breathe.<\/p>\n Damon – Humans are mammals.<\/p>\n Bella – Birds have got feathers, wings and a beak.\u00a0 Some birds are really big and some are small.<\/p>\n Ellie – Reptiles have dry skin and scales and they can lay eggs too.<\/p>\n Cody – I liked sorting the animals.<\/p>\n Alexander – Frogs and toads are amphibians.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This term, as part of our learning in Science, we are finding out about living and non living things.\u00a0 Children are learning to explain the difference between living and non-living things, taking into consideration movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, excretion and feeding.\u00a0 This week we started to learn about animal classifications.\u00a0 Animals are divided into two … Continue reading Primary 4 – Science<\/span> ![\"How](\"https:\/\/images.twinkl.co.uk\/tw1n\/image\/private\/t_630\/image_repo\/2f\/06\/T-T-19730-Animal-Groups-Sorting-Cards-Photos-_ver_2.jpg\")
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