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Lesson 1: Where are the continents?

Learning to name the seven continents and locating them on a world map.

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Lesson 1: Where are the continents?

Changing seasons

A unit to be taught across the year: observing how the natural world transforms through the year and recognising how these changes affect the weather, plants and animals.

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Changing seasons

Across the year

These six standalone lessons should be taught at the end of each half-term. The timing is flexible but they should be planned to coincide with typical seasonal changes.

EYFS outcomes

Development matters

Explore the natural world around them.
Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.

See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Early learning goals

ELG: Understanding the world – The natural world

Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.
Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.

See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage.