There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Children will be introduced to the concept of food chains. They will learn about predators and prey through a fun game.

Teaching Outcomes
To make a simple food chain, learn some vocabulary associated with food chains, e.g. prey and predator. Know that food chains always begin with a plant.

Children will:

• Make a simple food chain.
• Learn some vocabulary associated with food chains, e.g. prey and predator.
• Know that food chains always begin with a plant.
• Use information gathered from the lesson to help answer questions about food chains.

• Predator and prey cards
• Food chain pictures

• There was an old lady poem

Information on what wild birds eat from rspb.org.uk
RSPB food chain challenge from rspb.org.uk
There was an old lady lyrics from best-books-for-kids.com