Autumn

This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explore and record information some of the changes that can happen in the autumn seasons and investigate how the harvest is gathered during this period of the year.

Autumn Trees
Investigate changes to different trees during the autumn and explore how this affects animals that live in a woodland habitat including owls and squirrels

Harvest
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
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Vehicles
Identify, describe and compare some of the different journeys that can be made by bus, train or plane for a range of purposes by families
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School Counting
Explain and model how to count, order and compare the numbers of special tools and equipment that can be used when working in school lessons
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Family Visits
Practise selecting different vocabulary words to use when completing and composing poems about family visits to different locations
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Push and Pull
Identify, describe and test some of the different pushing and pulling forces that can be used to move a range of objects