| Links to the story | Key Stage 2 and 3 programmes of study | Possible learning outcomes | Big ideas |
| Being and becoming in Nowhere Wood More notes | describe the differences in the life cycles of… an insect (KS2) | Know that many organisms have different stages in their life cycles Appreciate that organisms keep themselves alive (being) and move towards the next stage of their lives (becoming) |
adventures in time and in space being and becoming life depends on life what is life? |
Living organisms work hard, in every moment, to stay alive. This requires a continual input of energy and chemical nutrients, that are used to repair and remake their bodies. In the stories, we call this the state of ‘being’.
At the same time, in every moment, the living organisms are moving into the next stage of their lives, which we call ‘becoming’.
At any moment in time all living organisms are both being and becoming.
Students will be aware that organisms have life cycles from Key Stage 2. This seldom revisited at Key Stage 3.
Students often think that the adult (reproducing) stage of the life-cycle is the most important stage. However, the same butterfly exists at all stages of its life-cycle, not just in the adult stage. Each stage of the life cycle depends upon the earlier ones for the continued existence of the butterfly.
Being and becoming in Nowhere Wood
| Links to the story | Key Stage 2 and 3 programmes of study | Possible learning outcomes | Big ideas |
| Being and becoming in Nowhere Wood More notes | describe the differences in the life cycles of… an insect (KS2) | Know that many organisms have different stages in their life cycles Appreciate that organisms keep themselves alive (being) and move towards the next stage of their lives (becoming) |
adventures in time and in space being and becoming life depends on life what is life? |
Living organisms work hard, in every moment, to stay alive. This requires a continual input of energy and chemical nutrients, that are used to repair and remake their bodies. In the stories, we call this the state of ‘being’.
At the same time, in every moment, the living organisms are moving into the next stage of their lives, which we call ‘becoming’.
At any moment in time all living organisms are both being and becoming.
Students will be aware that organisms have life cycles from Key Stage 2. This seldom revisited at Key Stage 3.
Students often think that the adult (reproducing) stage of the life-cycle is the most important stage. However, the same butterfly exists at all stages of its life-cycle, not just in the adult stage. Each stage of the life cycle depends upon the earlier ones for the continued existence of the butterfly.