Year 2 Animals Including Humans assessment: Growth
This Year 2 Animals Including Humans assessment helps you check pupils’ understanding at the end of the Animals Including Humans – Growth unit. It assesses key knowledge from across the unit, including human growth, mammals, life cycles, healthy eating, exercise and hygiene.
The assessment includes a mix of quick tick-box questions, short written answers and sequencing tasks, making it easy to identify what pupils have remembered and where they may need extra support. An answer sheet is included for quick marking.
What’s included?
- End-of-unit Year 2 science assessment for Animals Including Humans – Growth
- Questions covering all six lesson areas
- Sequencing task for animal growth and life cycles
- Short-answer questions to assess understanding of healthy living
- Answer sheet included for easy marking
What pupils will be assessed on
- That humans grow from babies into adults
- How humans change as they grow
- Identifying mammals and describing similarities and differences between offspring and adults
- Sequencing the stages of a butterfly life cycle
- Choosing a healthy meal and explaining why it is healthiest
- Understanding that pulse rate increases during exercise
- Explaining why handwashing is important and the most effective method of washing hands
Perfect for end-of-unit assessment
This assessment works well as a final check after teaching the unit, or as a recap task to revisit key learning later in the year. It supports teacher judgement by providing evidence of pupils’ knowledge and understanding across the full sequence of lessons.
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