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==Key Stage 1=====Meaning=== A '''bird''' is an [[animal]] with a [[backbone]] and feathers. : Singular [[Noun]]: '''Bird''': Plural [[Noun]]: '''Birds''' ===About Birds===: '''Birds''' lay eggs with a hard shell.: Most, but not all, '''birds''' can fly.: '''Birds''' all have beaks and no teeth. ===Examples==={| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:Robin.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Chicken.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Ostrich.png|center|200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A Robin is known as a song '''bird''' for the sounds it makes.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A chicken is a [[Domesticated Animal|livestock]] '''bird''' used for eggs and meat.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An Ostrich is a flightless '''bird'''.|-|[[File:Albatross.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Puffin.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Eagle.png|center|200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This sea '''bird''' is called an Albatross.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A Puffin is a sea '''bird''' with a colourful beak.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An Eagle is called a '''bird''' of prey because it hunts and kills other animals.|} ==Key Stage 2=====Meaning===A '''bird''' is an [[animal]] with a [[backbone]] and feathers which lays hard shelled [[feathersEgg|eggs]] on land. ===Lifecycle of Birds==={| class="wikitable"|-|'''Egg'''|'''Chick'''|'''Adult'''|-|[[File:SwanEgg.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Signet.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Swan.png|center|200px]]|-|A '''bird''' begins its life in a hard shelled egg.|When the egg hatches the '''bird''' has small fluffy feathers and needs its parents to bring food and it cannot fly. This chick is called a signet.|An adult '''bird''' has large smooth feathers and most can fly. This adult is a swan.|}