TOPIC : WEATHER (GEOGRAPHY)
Stepping Stones
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Comment and ask questions about where they live and the
natural world
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Find out about their environment
Talk about those features they like and dislike
Lancashire Foundation Stage Scheme of Work:
Colour My World
Amazing World
Objectives: Year 1/2
Cross Curricular Links:
Geographical Enquiry and Skills
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1a. ask geographical questions
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1b. observe and record
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1c. communicate in different ways
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2a. use geographical vocabulary
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2b. use secondary sources of information
Knowledge and Understanding of Pattern and Processes
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4a. make observations about where things are located and about features in the environment
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4b. recognise changes in physical and human features
Science - Waterproofing/drying materials. Water prisms/rainbows.
Shadows/dark/light. Material for kites. Wind sticks. Bubbles
RE - Noah’s Ark. Bible stories where characters direct the weather
e.g. Jesus calms the storm
Music - weather songs/sound effects, Handel’s Water Music, Vivaldi –
Four Seasons. Using musical instruments to make weather sounds
PE/Dance – NESW direction games. Weather movements
e.g. raindrops. Making air move using large sheets or parachutes
Drama - Story of The Wind and the Sun
History – Famous People – Grace Darling, sequencing of events in
weather stories
DT - windmills/kites, wind sticks, rain gauges and other weather
instruments
Art - wash pictures/colour mixing, rainbow sunset, silhouette pictures,
dropping powder paint on wet paper, bubble paint/water
Health - use of water for hygiene – washing, cleaning, toilets etc.
Literacy - weather adjectives, weather poems, weather likes and
dislikes
Link to Small Schools Scheme of Work
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Small Schools Geography Scheme (Lancashire)
LEARNING EXPERIENCES/ACTIVITIES:
Year 1/2:
Fiction/Non Fiction Books
Reception
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The World From the Air – Jan Arthus-Bertrand
Elmer and the Wind
Pingu
Warm Fox (N Butterworth) Penguin Small
Oxford ReadingTree - Foggy Day, Rainy Day
The Snowman
The Stormy Night – Percy the Park Keeper – Nick Butterworth
One Snowy Day – Nick Butterworth
What is Weather? Snow - M Ashwell and Andy Owen
Dream Snow – Eric Carle
Freezing ABC – D Simmonds
Sonny’s Wonderful Wellies – Lisa Stubbs
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Rhymes – Linked to Seasons e.g. Incy Wincy Spider, Doctor
Foster, I Hear Thunder, The Sun has got his hat on
Go outside, look at weather and record on class weather
chart
Devise and draw own symbols to add to weather map
Play shadow tig on a hot day
Talk about shadows, long, short etc. draw around a child’s
shadow
Discuss rainbows and the colours
Draw rainbows on playground with giant chalks
Look at features of different types of weather. Talk about likes
and dislikes
Dress in wet weather gear and splash in puddles and float
boats etc.
Make up outfits for different types of weather e.g. beach wear,
ski-suits
Discuss the importance of appropriate protection in the sun
e.g. sun cream, hats, sunglasses. Why is this important?
Look at own outdoor environment on different days, go
outside and experience the different types of weather
Explore the features of wind using wind sticks, windmills etc.
Use weather programmes on computer e.g. My World – The
Weather
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Weather chart/weather (maps) symbols. Video and watch TV weather programmes talk about
the symbols
Children to take photographs of weather, use as a stimulus for written work e.g. we went out in
the rain and it…….
Use photographs to evidence changes in weather over a period of time
Using Intel cameras video themselves whilst exploring weather. Use phrases … in North, over
Lancashire, Devon etc.
Looking at the different elements of weather connected with seasons. Is it always hot when it is
sunny etc. Can you get sunburnt in the snow etc?
Consider how jobs are affected by the weather. E.g. Working on a lifeboat. Being a traffic
warden in the rain etc.
Hot/cold countries – look at pictures of different climates, compare differences in landscapes
(artefacts from hot/cold countries). Consider how this affects peoples lives e.g. food, clothing
etc.
Take senses walk on days with contrasting weather
Consider different ways of recording weather (e.g. rainfall charts)
Measure rainfall over the week using measuring cylinders etc.
Consider how weather affects animals – eg feeding birds, hibernation, migration
Look at animals in different parts of the world and how the weather has affected them
Compare temperatures in different parts of World – countries studied. Use the
Internet/Newspapers to find information
Use web-cams to see weather in different parts of the country, relate to weather forecasts
Identify hot and cold places on a Globe relate to pictures and artefacts
Write postcards – detailing weather to pen-pals, children in another school etc.
Read and write newspaper reports of weather disaster, eg flood
Discuss weather in relation to holidays. Consider how the weather affects out choice of holiday.
Assessment:
Teacher Resources:
ICT:
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QCA Scheme of Work
Scholastic – Nursery Education - Weather
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Level 1. Observe, ask and respond to questions about the
weather and environments
Level 2. Make observations, ask and respond to questions
using appropriate geographical vocabulary
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Video – television forecast
Broadcast – tape, roamer
Webcams
Use simple thermometer on datalogger to take temperature
overnight, discuss