KS1
Topic Overview: Weather Experts
Through a series of lively activities, such as creating and filming their own weather forecasts or making
their own weather station, build knowledge of seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK. Begin to
understand the hot and cold areas of the world as well as developing locational knowledge and early
geographical skills.
Block
Block A
Daily Weather
News
[4 sessions]
Key N.C. Objectives
Geography and Drama
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Block B
Meteorologists
[5 sessions]
Block C
Seasonal
Change
Geography, D&T and Maths
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[4 sessions]
Gain a better understanding of the weather
through weather observations, gathering data and
performing simple tests.
Make and use weather instruments.
Collect, analyse and report data.
Art and Geography
[5 sessions]
Block D
Extreme
Weather
Identify daily weather patterns in the UK.
Locate the UK on a map.
Find and name the countries in the UK.
Use simple compass directions. Locate London and
know it is a capital city.
Participate in presentations and role-plays.
Children will be introduced to famous artists and
works of art, they will make their own versions of
art using different techniques including:
brushstrokes, texture, colour, line, pattern and
shape.
Children will identify and discuss seasonal weather
patterns and begin to understand the causes of
these patterns.
Use globes and maps to identify the equator and
find locations in the UK and worldwide.
Geography and D&T
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Discuss UK types of daily weather patterns and
extreme weather.
Use maps to identify the UK and use compass
points when finding locations on the map.
Locate the world’s seven continents and
understand that climates vary in different parts of
the world.
Design and build a flood- resistant house and
evaluate models through discussion.
Select and use materials to make dens and models
based on their properties.
Creative Block Outcomes
Make a weather chart and film
your own weather forecasts! Learn
about the countries and capital
cities of the UK, points of the
compass and weather symbols
along the way.
Explore aspects of weather. Make
simple weather measuring
instruments and contribute to a
class weather station and weather
chart.
Study famous artworks and create
collages, drawings and paintings to
develop an understanding of
weather patterns. Work towards a
final art display.
Learn about extreme weather
conditions in the UK. Look at homes
adapted to different climates
around the world. Create a stormresistant den and a flood-resistant
house.
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We refer you to our warning, at the foot of the block overview, about links to other websites.
KS1
Block
Block E
Climate Around
the World
[6 sessions]
Block F
Hot, Hot, Hot!
[6 sessions]
Topic Overview: Weather Experts
Key N.C. Objectives
Geography and English
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Research world locational knowledge and use
geographical language (poles, equator, continent,
ocean and the 5 key climate zones).
Participate in presentations and role-plays.
Write for different purposes.
Become familiar with non-fiction texts.
Geography and Music
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Understand that climates vary in different parts of the
world.
Form an understanding of hot climates.
Perform collaborative weather-based chants, related
to the weather in either the UK or South Africa.
Block G
Geography and English
Cold, Cold, Cold!  Use compass directions and directional language
[5 sessions]
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Describe routes using maps and map keys.
Identify the world’s continents using globes and
atlases.
Understand the significance of the equator in relation
to climate.
Identify and locate Antarctica.
Be introduced to the impact of human activity on
climate.
Devise and participate in presentations and
performances.
Creative Block Outcomes
Learn about the continents,
the poles, and many more key
ideas, including the 5 key
climate zones. Create a travel
agency, travel brochures and
passport travel stamps!
This block focuses on the hot
climate, art and music of
South Africa. Design and
construct instruments to
accompany performances of
weather chants.
Begin to understand the
effects of climate change.
Consider how we can combat
these changes and create a
class eco-code. Perform a
class assembly about
Antarctica, penguins and
climate change.
© Original resource copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users.
We refer you to our warning, at the foot of the block overview, about links to other websites.