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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Experience different landscapes - such as plains, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes, sea. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Find out how the landscape affects what lives in each place (river vs sea vs forest etc). |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Appreciate different landscapes and their various gifts e.g. in a small group draw a big picture of a certain landscape and illustrate the gifts/benefits of it for nature and/or people. Different groups appreciate different landscapes. Hear from each of the different groups and relate to the principle 'Use and Value Diversity'. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Go for a walk to observe and take photographs of different habitats (e.g. the types of plants which live on the hilltop compared to valley floor, marsh, or next to the river). |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Sketch the key features that distinguish each landscape such as plains, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes, sea. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Observe different soils in the region e.g. in a farm, wetland, and forest. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Play in different landscapes - beach, rivers, woodlands etc. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Show appreciation and sing thanks to the landscapes for letting them play there. |
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Soil and stone |
Experiencing different landscapes (beaches, hills, forests, fields). |
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Research how the local landscapes were formed, and how they are still changing. Children can share this with each other e.g. by a guided visualisation in which the children are all lying down with Eyes closed, and we 'zoom' back in time and then slowly visualise how our landscape was formed. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Play with different types of seeds e.g. blow seed puffs, and play with burrs sticking in clothes |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Listen to the voice of the wind through the leaves of trees and then make a musical instrument that makes a similar sound. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Climb a tree without harming it |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Grow a plant from a seed, or plant a tree |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Collect seeds, observe and identify them |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Find different kinds of seeds in a wild meadow or natural area |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Identify edible plants growing locally. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Notice thorns and other ways that plants protect themselves. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Notice and feel the composition of the forest floor. |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Observe seeds sprouting and watch them grow every day |
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Plants and trees |
Exploring and naming plants and trees |
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Notice or feel some functions of trees : shade, shelter, habitat, fruit, timber |
