Reception

In Reception, children should complete the following as part of their 'Understanding of the World':

* look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.

* know about the similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things.

* talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.

* make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur and talk about changes

* can talk about similarities and differences between themselves, others and among families.