| Who Lives Here? |
| To understand about different habitats
and the plants and animals found there. To understand about
a simple plant life cycle and seed dispersal. |
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| Age group |
Curriculum links |
| Key Stage 2 - Year 2 Age 6-7 years |
QCA Science, Unit 2B |
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| Sustainable Development -
A Sustainable Lunch Box |
| To provide an introduction to sustainable
development for younger children |
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| Age group |
Curriculum links |
Key Stage 1 - Year 2 Age 6-7 years
Key Stage 2 - Years 3-6 Ages 8-11 |
QCA Geography, Unit 17
PSHE issues |
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| Rocks in our Environment |
To help children to appreciate what
lies beneath the Earth’s surface, how rocks get broken
down into pebbles and soil and how soils from different rocks
have different characteristsics.
Also, for children to understand how materials are quarried
and the potential problems and benefits associated with this.
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Curriculum links |
| Year 3 Age: 7 - 8 years |
Science - QCA Unit 3D, ‘Rocks &
Soils’ |
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| Geography and Sustainable Development
- Our Living Environment |
| To investigate an environmental issue
in the school locality, then to propose environmental improvements
both for an endangered species, the house sparrow, and for themselves.
The unit helps children become actively involved in promoting
more sustainable development and aware that environments can
induce both positive and negative social and emotional responses. |
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| Age group |
Curriculum links |
Key Stage 2 - Years 3 & 4
Age 7-9 years |
Yr 4 Geography QCA Unit 8 ‘Improving the
Environment,’
Yr 3/4 Unit 21 ‘How can we improve the area we see from
our window?’ and
Yr 3 Unit 6 ‘Investigating our Local Area’.
Also Yr 3/4 Art and Design Unit 3C ‘Can we change places?’ |
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| Habitats - Are Our School Grounds
Hedgehog Friendly? |
| To introduce basic ecology, including
food chains, habitats and habitat conservation. |
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| Age group |
Curriculum links |
Key Stage 2 - Year 4
Age 8-9 years |
QCA Science, Unit 4B
Observational Art |
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| Traffic, the Environment and Me |
| To understand some of the impacts
of travel on both the children and the environment. To know
that different forms of travel have different impacts. To understand
some of the processes involved in environmental change and know
that they could help manage some of these changes. |
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| Age group |
Curriculum links |
Key Stage 2 - Year 5/6
Age 9-11 years |
QCA Geography Unit 20
Local Traffic an Environmental Issue |
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| Investigating Coasts - ‘Coastal
Homes’ Estate Agent |
| To introduce the biodiversity of
coastal habitats and an understanding of coastal conservation. |
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| Age group |
Curriculum links |
Key Stage 2 - Year 5/6
Age 9-11 years |
Geography, QCA Unit 23 Science - ‘Habitats’
Interdependence & Adaptation’
Literacy strategy |
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| Habitats, Interdependence and
Adaptation - the Water Vole |
| To provide for a basic understanding
of ecology and nature conservation in England. |
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| Age group |
Curriculum links |
Key Stage 2 - Year 6,
Age 10 - 11 years |
Science, QCA Unit 6A- Interdependence & Adaptation
Geography QCA Unit 14 - Investigating Rivers |
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