St Paul's CofE Infant School

Beech

Rowan

Elm

Autumn

• Recognise changes from being a baby to now and then how they will change in the future
• Book- Once There were Giants
• Recognising body parts- Funnybones (book)
• Recognising  and exploring our senses.
• Autumn walk- recognising change, identify plants and trees.
• Keeping healthy- eating, exercise, brushing teeth
• Make bread and note changes.
• Make Christmas biscuits and recognise how things change.
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• Ourselves - Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense.
• Make a skeleton
• Book - Funny Bones
• Introduce the senses and explore each one.
• Use the story - The Three Little Pigs to explore materials. Name, describe and group them. Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made  identify and name a variety of everyday materials.
• Autumn day - recognise how trees change through the seasons.
• Observe changes across the four seasons - how the weather changes.

• Growing up into an adult
• Read Once there were giants. Take photos and look at how they have changed. Talk about the changes that will  happen as they grow up.
• Talk about what animals need to survive.
• Brilliant bodies - what are body need to survive and grow

Spring

•  Begin to recognise similarities and differences in a variety of materials.
• Develop language e.g.soft, hard, smooth, bumpy, wood, metal.
• Make a cape for a superhero.
• Find the best surface for our superhero cars.

• Recognise properties of materials and use them to design clothes for a superhero.
• Use materials to make a flying vehicle - explore and test different materials.

• Clothes for superheroes - link to materials to use, compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials.
• Vehicle - make a boat using a variety of everyday materials.

Summer

• To be able to name animals and their young. Begin to recognise similarities and differences in a variety of animals.
• Know that some animals are very different from baby to adult.
• Know what plants need to live.
• Begin to recognise similarities and differences in a variety of plants. Keep a plant diary.
• Observe change in plants as they grow.
• Use our local environments to observe animals and plants.
• Recognise which objects float and which sinks.

• Go on a walk around the school - identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants
• Use images to recognise deciduous and evergreen trees. Sort them into groups.
• Describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees. Make a flower and label it.
• Identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals  identify - sort and group animals.
• Name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores - recognise the food different animals eat.
• Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets)
• Story - Use Percy the Park Keeper books.
• Make planters and bird feeders.

• Identifying plants and different habitats.
• Identify what living things need to survive looking at the habitats around school.
• What habitats do we have in Tongham.
• Plant seeds in different ways to see how they grow - fruit and vegetables.