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Download our Food, Farming & the Countryside in the National Curriculum plan (PDF - 32kB) to see how our activities relate to the CEVAS (Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme) programme.
We have created a Food and Farming themed unit ready for the New Curriculum - contact us for more details!
Year R - 6 | |
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English |
Farm stories - 3 Little Pigs, Peter Rabbit, Chicken Licken, Old Macdonald Poetry - Persuasive Writing - What do animals need? What is the best way to rear animals? Group discussions and interaction Factory Farming v Free Range Farming Farming vocabulary |
Maths |
Using and applying number & problem Solving - A variety of mental maths calculations: Number of legs Costs of looking after the animals Number of hurdles / bales of straw needed Measures Area / perimeter of field Measuring / weighing animals Working out feed / medication requirements (fractions, %, decimals) Shape and Space Shapes of different pens Angles of each hurdle making up the pens Data handling Collection of data, creating tables, lists and charts Collecting data electronically using sensors - creating tables, lists & charts |
Science |
What we get from each animal - food and materials Egg shapes & colours Materials for making house / bedding - keeping warm Suitability of habitat - what makes a home? What do all living things have in common? What do all animals need? Classification: Vertebrate & Invertebrate. Mammals, Fish, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Insects, etc. Why does each animal belong in each group? What makes a pig a pig? Using a key Adaptations Feeding relationships: Food chains & webs Life cycles: Egg Candling, Incubation, Chicks, Feeding Young Protecting the environment |
History |
History of farming |
Geography |
Where do the animals originate - atlas work Animals from other countries - suitability of habitat Farming Year |
Modern Foreign Languages |
Why not add an hour onto the visit time for your school and allow the teacher of French (or any other language) to use our animals as a resource for teaching? |
Art |
Egg colours & sizes Spinning |
Music & Movement |
Farmyard sounds & actions Carnival of the Animals Swan Lake |
Citizenship |
Touch animals! How do we care for them - what do they need The Five Freedoms People who help us A day in the life of... |