Harvest

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate how farmers collect the harvest in the autumn including grown crops and food sources from animals and explore how the harvest can be celebrated in churches using prayers and decorations.

Investigate how farmers collect the harvest in the autumn including grown crops and food sources from animals and explore how the harvest can be celebrated

Lesson One : Farm Crops
Identify and describe some of the different types of foods that are grown and harvested on a farm

Lesson Two : Farm Jobs
Identify and describe some of the different jobs that are performed on a farm during the autumn harvest

Lesson Three : Harvest Soup
Investigate and record how harvested crops can be used to make different meals

Lesson Four : Harvest Decorations
Produce sculptures of a range of different vegetables that can be used to celebrate the autumn harvest

Lesson Five : Harvest Prayer
Select vocabulary words that can be used to compose a Christian prayer to celebrate the harvest at a special festival

Lesson Six : Harvest Plait
Follow a set of instructions to make a decoration celebrating the autumn harvest
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Food and Drink Colours
Identify and describe some of the different colours that can be used when buying, preparing and making foods for a range of meals
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Calendar Days
Identify and record the sequence of the seven days of the week using the correct vocabulary words to describe units of time on a calendar
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Fantasy Stories
Identify and describe some of the special characters, locations and events that can occur in narrative stories with fantasy settings
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Class Portraits
Investigate and practise some of the different artwork techniques that can be used when composing and painting a portrait of a classmate