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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Garden Measurements
Practise using vocabulary words and non-standard measurements to find and compare the length of different things that can found in a garden
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Family Holiday
Identify and recount events and experiences to describe what happened when on holiday at the seaside using sentences in the past tense
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Money Shopping
Investigate and model some of the number skills that need to be used when working with money on a shopping trip
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Supporting Others
Explore how to build strong and positive relationships with other pupils at school and family members at home through different situations and scenarios