Collective nouns: A school of fish

Kids will love colouring learning about collective nouns. Not only does it teach them about collective nouns in a fun way but they'll be fascinated by the story of how it came about. This one is a school of fish.

What you need:

• computer with internet access
• printer
• paper
• coloured pencils or markers

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What are collective nouns and how are they used?

Collective nouns are used to describe a group of objects or animals thinking or moving the same way.

For example, you may see a few bees in your garden: One flying over the garden, one sitting on a flower and the other is chasing your brother. This is just three bees.

If those bees are chasing your brother at the same time, he is facing a swarm of bees. Look out!

School of fish

Schools of fish travel together for a few reasons. They are less likely to be picked up by a predator and they are more likely to find food when travelling in a large school.

Schools of fish are often the same age or size and are of the same species. They travel with the same motions. A shoal of fish, on the other hand, can be group that are of different species and do not necessarily travel with the same motions or in the same direction.

Print your own school of fish colouring page.

Find more collective noun colouring pages:

• A murder of crows
• A gaggle of geese
• A flock of birds
• An army of ants
• A swarm of bees
• A flight of butterflies
• A pod of whales
• A school of fish
• A herd of elephants
• A mob of kangaroos
• A pride of lions
• A parliament of owls