This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate changes to trees during the autumn and explore how this affects animals that live in a woodland habitat. The class can select special vocabulary words to describe how trees change in the autumn.

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

Lesson One : Autumn Colours

Investigate and record how the leaves on deciduous trees can change during the autumn season

Lesson Two : Tree Leaves

Identify and describe some of the different shapes and patterns that can be seen on leaves that have fallen from trees in the autumn

Lesson Three : School Trees

Identify and record the differences between different trees in the school grounds using vocabulary words for size and shape

Lesson Four : Changing Trees

Identify and describe some of the changes that can happen to trees during different seasons of the year

Lesson Five : Squirrels

Investigate how squirrels use trees in different ways during the autumn to collect food and provide protection from the weather

Lesson Six : Woodland Owls

Explore and make models using a range of materials showing a type of animal that lives in the trees found in a woodland habitat

  • Word Lists

    Word Lists

    Explore the spellings of cvc words with different vowel sounds that end in the same final phoneme sounds

  • Word Lists Letter m

    Word Lists Letter m

    Explore and record the spellings of cvc words with different vowel sounds that end in the same final phoneme sound for the letter m

  • Word Lists Letter g

    Word Lists Letter g

    Explore and record the spellings of cvc words with different vowel sounds that end in the same final phoneme sound for the letter g

  • Word Lists Letter d

    Word Lists Letter d

    Explore and record the spellings of cvc words with different vowel sounds that end in the same final phoneme sound for the letter d