Hello, my name's Mrs. Hart, and I'm so pleased that you're going to be learning with me today.

I'm here to help you all the way through this lesson.

Today's lesson is from the unit "Naming and Grouping Animals".

Today we're going to be finding out about naming mammals, and we're going to be learning to name and group together common animals that are mammals.

Here are the key words for today's lesson.

I will say them first, it will be my turn, and then afterwards I'd like you to say them back to me when it's your turn, so my turn first, animal.

Your turn.

My turn, mammal, your turn.

My turn, hair, your turn.

My turn, live young, your turn.

My turn, milk, your turn.

Now don't worry too much if you don't know the meanings of all of these words as we'll be talking about them as we go through today's lesson.

Our lesson today is in three parts.

The first part is all about mammals, and we're going to start the first part now.

There are many different types of animals and here we can see three pictures of three different animals.

We can see some donkeys, jellyfish and a blue tit.

Have you seen any of these animals before? Perhaps you've been to a donkey sanctuary or to a farm and seen some donkeys there.

Maybe you visited an aquarium and saw some jellyfish.

Perhaps you've seen a blue tit on a tree near where you live or near to your school.

Pause the video now and have a chat with a partner, have you seen these animals before? Right then, had you spotted them anywhere? That's good to know.

So animals belong to different groups.

The animals in each group are similar to each other, which means they have lots of things in common or things that are the same.

One of these animal groups is called mammals.

And here we can see three mammals.

One mammal is in the sea, the mammal in the middle is a jumping mammal, and then there's a mammal eating.

Can you name any of these mammals? The mammal in the sea, that's a whale.

Is that what you said too? The jumping mammal is a mammal you might see in Australia, and that's a kangaroo.

And the mammal eating, well I'm hoping that you knew what one of those was because that's a human just like us.

Well done if that's what you said.

Mammals are animals that have a backbone and here we can see the backbone on a human and on a lion, a mammal's backbone is underneath its skin.

Can you see them in the photographs? Can you feel your backbone? If you take your hand, gently touch your neck, you might be able to feel your backbone too.

Mammals breathe air to stay alive but not all mammals live on land.

A whale is a mammal that lives in the water and whales must come to the surface regularly to breathe air.

And you can see there are three whales coming up to breathe air in the first photograph.

And the second picture is of a jumping whale.

Here's our first check for understanding, true or false? Mammals are animals that have a backbone.

Do you think it's true or false? Pause the video and have a chat with your partner.

So what did you say, true or false? Mammals are animals that have a backbone.

Well, do you remember we were feeling for our backbone earlier, so I'm hoping you said it's true, but how do we know this? Is it, I think this because a mammal's backbone is under its skin.

Or is it, I think this because mammals are similar to each other.

Again, you might like to pause the video whilst you have a chat about this.

The which did you decide it was? I think this because a mammal's backbone is under its skin and that's how we know that mammals are animals that have a backbone.

And well done if that's what you said.

Another check for understanding now.

Mammals breathe, is it water, air or fire? Again, you might like to pause the video and have a chat about this one.

So what did you decide? Well, I hope you said air because mammals breathe air and well done if that's what you decided.

Mammals grow hair or furrow on their body at some point during their life.

And here we can see three mammals that have got hair or fur.

If you look closely around the head of the back, you can see it's got some hair or fur on it.

We can see a rather hairy pig in the middle here.

And this giraffe got beautifully patterned fur.

Can you think of any other animals that have hair or fur? I can think of one right now.

You might be able to think of some others.

Pause the video and have a chat with a partner.

Did you think of any other mammals? Did you say cats or squirrels or badgers? Which other mammals did you think of? Let's check our understanding.

Andeep and Jacob are discussing mammals.

Andeep says, I think that humans are mammals because they have hair at some point during their life.

Humans have fine hair on their bodies too.

Jacob says, I don't think that humans are mammals because my granddad is bald and doesn't have any hair.

Also, when babies are born, they don't always have hair either.

Who do you agree with? Pause the video and have a chat with a partner.

So what did you decide then? Did you agree with Andeep or with Jacob? Well, I'm hoping that you agreed with Andeep because he was right.

Humans are mammals.

They do have hair at some point in their lives, and if you look very carefully, you might be able to see we do have fine hair on our bodies.

Have a look now and see if you can see on your arm.

Well done if you agreed with Andeep.

Mammals are warm blooded, and this means that the temperature of their bodies stays the same even if the temperature around them changes.

And here we can see two mammals, a squirrel and an armadillo.

Let's check if you've understood that.

So mammals are, is it cold blooded, warm blooded or hot blooded? What do you think, pause the video now and have a think.

What did you decide, can you remember? Mammals are warm blooded.

That's brilliant if that's what you said.

Warm blooded means that the temperature of their body stays the same, even if the temperature of the environment around them changes.

So that's brilliant if that's what you thought, well done.

Here's your first task.

Your first task is to create and draw your own mammal.

Use this checklist to make sure it's a mammal.

Your mammal needs a backbone hair or fur.

It has to be warm blooded and it has to be able to breathe air.

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

How did you get on? Here's an example of a mammal that we created.

It's called a cheetah-corn.

Let's check, it's definitely a mammal.

Well I can see it's got a backbone.

It's warm blooded, it breathes air and it's covered in really beautiful purple, pink and blue fur.

What kind of mammal did you decide to create? Did you remember everything on the checklist? I hope you did.

Now we're onto the next part of our lesson.

This part of our lesson is called baby mammals.

Most mammals give birth to live young.

This means that they are not born from an egg.

And here we can see some live young, some baby mice and some baby rabbits.

Let's check if we've understood that.

So most mammals, do they give birth to live young or do they lay eggs? Pause the video and have a think about this one.

So what did you decide? Did you remember the baby rabbits that we just saw? That's right, most mammals do give birth to live young.

Well done if that's what you said.

When baby mammals are born, they're fed from their mother's milk to help them to grow healthy and strong.

We've got a couple of farm animals here.

You might have seen these if you've been on a trip to a farm, we can see their piglets drinking milk from their mother there and we can see a lamb drinking milk from its mother.

So let's check we've understood that mammals feed their young, is it water, tea or milk? Pause the video and then come back when you've got an answer.

So what did you decide? I'm hoping that you said mammals feed their young milk.

That's great work if that's what you said.

Well done everybody.

We've got another check now, the Oak children have been learning about mammals as well.

Lucas and Izzy are talking about animals that are mammals.

Lucas says, I think that humans are not mammals because they lay eggs.

Izzy says, I think that humans are mammals because they give birth to live young.

Who do you agree with? Pause the video and have a talk with your partner.

So what did you decide, is Lucas right? The humans lay eggs or is Izzy right? And humans are mammals and they do give birth to live young.

Let's find out, shall we? Izzy was right.

Humans are mammals who do give birth to live young.

Great work if that's what you thought too.

And here's our next task.

This one's all about baby mammals.

Is it a mammal? I'd like you to observe.

That means to look really carefully at each animal photograph.

How can you tell if each animal is a mammal or not? You have a chick, a thorn, which is a baby deer and a warthog to have a look at.

So pause the video now and have a talk with your partner about each of these animals.

How can you tell if they are a mammal or not? Did you use your observation skills really well? Let's find out, shall we? Aisha says, I think that a chick is not a mammal because it comes from an egg.

And most mammals give birth to live young, well done Aisha, you're right, a chick is not a mammal.

Alex says, I think that a fawn is a mammal because it has fur and is being fed milked by its mother.

Did you notice that too? Good job, Alex.

Sam says, I think that a warthog is a mammal because it has hair and it is feeding milk to its baby.

Did you notice those things too? Well done if you did.

Great work, Sam.

And now we're onto the last part of our lesson.

This is called naming and sorting mammals.

There are thousands of different mammals all over the world.

Different mammals have different names.

Can you name any of these mammals? Have a good look at these photographs.

You might like to pause the video and have a chat with the person next to you.

Can you name any of these three mammals? How did you get on, shall we find out? Okay, this first animal usually lives on a farm.

You might have seen it in a field.

It's a cow, well done if that's what you said.

The animal in the middle is nocturnal, so it only comes out at night usually, it's a hedgehog.

That's great work and the last one could be an animal that you might have as a pet.

Let's have a look, it's a rabbit.

Great work everybody.

And here's our next check.

Let's match these mammals to their names.

Have a really good look at the photographs.

One of them is a monkey, one of them is a zebra, and one of them is a Guinea pig, but which is which? Can you match these mammals to their names? How did you get on? Let's have a look at the first animal in the photograph.

It looks a bit like a horse, but with black and white stripes.

What did you decide it was? That's right, it's a zebra.

And then in the middle is an animal that some people might keep as a pet.

Do you know what it is? It's a Guinea pig, great work if that's what you said, that leaves us one last animal.

An animal you might have seen in a safari park or a zoo or on television.

It's a monkey.

Well done everybody.

We can sort animals into groups using classification skills to do this, we observe what is similar and what is different.

Do you remember when we observe, we are looking really carefully for things that are similar, which means the same and things that are different.

So we can sort animals into mammals and not mammals.

We look at the animals, all the animals we think are mammals we can put into the mammal sorting hoop.

And all the animals we think are not mammals can go into the not mammals sorting hoop.

Laura is sorting animals into mammals and not mammals.

She asks some questions to decide if the animals are mammals.

Does it have a backbone, does it breathe air? Does it grow hair or fur, is it warm blooded? And does it give birth to live young and feed them milk? These are all the things that will tell us whether or or not it's a mammal.

Let's have a look at this rat, is a rat mammal? What do you think? Well, I can't see it, but I think that under its skin, it's got a backbone.

It breathes air, I can definitely see it's covered in fur.

It's a warm blooded animal and it does give birth to live young and feed the milk.

So I think it is a mammal.

Well done if that's what you thought too.

Now I check for understanding true or false.

When we sort animals, we can put them into groups.

What do you think? Pause a video now and have a chat with the person next to you.

So what did you decide then? It's true.

Well done if that's what you said.

I think this because we can use what we know about animals to put them into groups.

Or is it, I think this because we can keep animals as pets.

Again, I'd like you to pause the video and have a chat with your partner.

How do we know that when we saw animals, we can put them into groups? So what did you decide then? Do we know this because we can use what we know about animals to put them into groups or because we can keep animals as pets.

That's right.

It's because we can use what we know about animals to put them into groups.

Great work, everybody.

Jun is sorting animals into mammals and not mammals.

In the mammal sorting hoop, he's put a dog, a panda, a monkey, and a blackbird.

Into the not mammal sorting hoop he's put a frog, a tortoise and a jellyfish.

Which animal has he sorted into the wrong group? Pause a video now and have a chat with your partner.

Well, I'm hoping that Jun used all of his knowledge about mammals to help him with this.

I'm wondering if he checked, if they have a backbone, if they're warm blooded, if they give birth to live young and feed them milk if they have hair or fur on their bodies.

And if they breathe air, did you spot which one he'd put in the wrong place? That's right, it was the blackbird.

Great work if that's what you said.

And now we're onto our next task.

We need to name these mammals to have a good look and see if you can name any of these mammals.

So here we have the answers.

Mammal one was a fox.

You might have seen these at night near where you live or perhaps trying to get into your bins.

Mammal two is a lion.

Now hopefully you've not seen this one near your house, but you might have seen it in a zoo or in a television programme.

Mammal three is a rhinoceros.

And again, it's something you might have seen on television or perhaps at a zoo or safari park.

Mammal four is a deer, you can see from those beautiful antlers.

Mammal five is an animal that you might keep as a pet.

It's a hamster.

Perhaps you have a class hamster.

And mammal six you might see if you live in Australia or if you've been to the zoo.

It's a kangaroo and we can see him jumping there.

Well done if that's what you said.

And here's our last task.

It says to use sorting hoops to sort these animals into mammals and not mammals.

We have a dog, a whale, a spider, a squirrel, a goldfish, a cat, a tadpole and a lizard.

And you're gonna need to get two sorting hoops, one for mammals and one for animals that are not mammals.

There's a checklist here to help you.

These are questions you can ask to try and work out if you are not sure if it's a mammal or not, we know that mammals have a backbone.

So you can ask, does it have a backbone? Does it breathe air? Because we know that all mammals breathe air.

Does it grow hair or fur? Because we know this is something that most mammals do.

Is it warm blooded? Because we know that mammals are warm blooded and does it give birth to live young and feed the milk? So these questions will help you to sort these animals into mammals and not mammals.

I can't wait to see how you get on.

Well, how did you do? Well I'm hoping that you sorted the dog, the whale, the squirrel and the cat into the mammals hoop, because these are all mammals.

Well done if that's what you said.

And I'm hoping that you put the spider, the goldfish, the tadpole and the lizard into the not mammals hoop because these are not mammals.

Again, well done if that's what you decided.

So we've come to the end of our lesson now and I hope you've enjoyed finding out about naming mammals.

Today we found out that mammals are animals that have a backbone.

They breathe air, they grow hair at some point during their life, they give birth to life young and they feed the milk and they're warm blooded.

We found out that different mammals have different names.

I wonder if you can remember any of the names of the mammals we saw in our lesson today.

We also learned that animals can be sorted into mammals and non mammals using classification skills.

I hope that you enjoyed learning with me today.

I had a great time and I can't wait to see you again soon.

Bye.