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Curriculum links

Suggestions for linking our materials to the KS2 England curriculum
 

Autumn Winter 2008

 
ANCIENT TREES

   

SCIENCE
Unit 2B – Plants and animals in the local environment
Unit 4B – Habitats
Unit 5B – Life Cycles
Unit 6A – Interdependence and adaptation

 
CREEPY CRAWLIES

    

SCIENCE
Unit 2B – Plants and animals in the local environment

ART AND DESIGN
Unit 2B – Mother Nature, designer

 
FOREST FLOOR

   

SCIENCE
Unit 2B – Plants and animals in the local environment

ART AND DESIGN
Unit 2B – Mother Nature, designer

 
HEDGEHOGS

   

SCIENCE
Unit 2B – Plants and animals in the local environment

ART AND DESIGN
Unit 2B – Mother Nature, designer
 
  

Spring Summer 2008

 
IN THE WOODS

   

SCIENCE
Unit 2B – Plants and animals in the local environment
Unit 2C – Variation
Units 5_6H – Enquiry in environmental and technological contexts

 
IDENTIFICATION MAZE

   

SCIENCE
Unit 2B – Plants and animals in the local environment
Units 5_6H – Enquiry in environmental and technological contexts 

 
LADYBIRD FACTS

   

SCIENCE
Unit 2B – Plants and animals in the local environment
Unit 5B – Life cycles

 
SPRING SPOTS

   

SCIENCE
Unit 2B – Plants and animals in the local environment
Unit 4B – Habitats

 
CARTOON

   

LITERACY

 
GET ARTY

   

ART AND DESIGN
Unit 2B – Mother Nature, designer
Unit 6C – A sense of place

 

Autumn Winter 2007

SCIENCE

Unit 5B – Life cycles

leaf and seed matching puzzlematch ‘em up

leaf spotter sheetspotter sheets

 
Unit 5
– Enquiry in environmental and technological contexts

what have you spotted?

 
ART AND DESIGN

Unit 2B – Mother Nature, designer
Unit 6C – A sense of place

autumn art ideas sheetautumn art technique ideas

autumn art landscape sheetautumn art landscape


LITERACY

story book sheetnature story book

 

other materials

SCIENCE

Unit 3B – Helping plants grow well

DO  Growing trees

DO  Plant trees

 
Unit 4B – Habitats

FIND  Who lives in the wood

FIND  Rainbow ramble

PLAY  Save our wood

 
Unit 5 – Enquiry in environmental and technological contexts

DO  Autumnwatch

DO  Springwatch

FIND  Autumn fruits and seeds

CREATE  Log book (woodland log)

CREATE  Diaries (nature / blog)

PLAY  Save our wood

 
Unit 5B – Life cycles

FIND  Spotter sheets

FIND  Spreading the species

PLAY  Save our wood

PLAY  Rainbow ramble

PLAY  Match leaves and seeds

PLAY  Seed quiz

 
Unit 6A – Interdependence and adaptation

PLAY  Changing blooms

PLAY  Save our wood

 

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