This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and compare different animals that live in the school grounds and make comparisons between animals that live in other habitats. The class can label pictures and make models to record mini-beasts found in special habitats.

Identify and compare some of the different animals that live in the school grounds and make comparisons between animals that live in other habitats

Lesson One : Birds and Insects

Identify, describe and count the numbers of birds and insects that can be found living in some different places around the school grounds

Lesson Two : Insects

Explore and record how to compare and describe some of the different types of insects that live in some special habitats found around the school grounds

Lesson Three : Ponds

Investigate and record information about some of the different types of animals that can be found living in a pond habitat in the school grounds

Lesson Four : Trees and Bushes

Explain and model how to locate and identify some different types of animals that live in a special habitat found around the school grounds

Lesson Five : Under Stones and Logs

Identify, describe and count some of the different types of creatures that live in a special habitat that can be found around the school grounds

Lesson Six : Mini-beast Encyclopaedia

Practise selecting and recording information about some of the animals that can be found living in some different places around the school grounds

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