This 34- page Y1 teaching resource pack, based on Blackbirds, will help children to use the local environment throughout the year to explore and answer questions about animals in their habitat. It can be used to teach both science and English: reading and writing non-fiction. Contains: Two lesson outlines (but material for more) 3 differentiated factual reading pages (print A 3 and fold into A4, or print 2x A4) The story of Blackbirds nesting (4 A4 pages with text and drawings) 1 page mini black and white pictures of the nesting story for ordering/writing about) 2 colouring pages 3 differentiated Blackbird Facts worksheets 4 differentiated reading comprehension sheets (based on the factual reading pages and matched in ability 2 differentiated writing sheets for factual writing 5 Photographs Helps children to ask questions and find answers, first through observation and then from other sources. Learn about colour/identification what Blackbirds eat where they live, how they move and nesting behaviour. The pack will: Help you to fully embrace the non-statutory guidance for the Year 1 National Curriculum for Science as well as teaching the statutory requirements. Bring Science alive and help you to deliver excellent lessons based on squirrels in the local environment. Use with our 41-slide Blackbird PowerPoint! Get more hints and tips about teaching your lesson at KS1 Nature: https://ks1nature.weebly.com/science-lessons/blackbirds-a-complete-lesson-for-ks1 Designed to appeal to the Y1 child, gently introducing key vocabulary. Written by an Environmental Education, Early Years specialist (ages 3 to 8) who understands how children learn. Year 1: Science curriculum covered: • identify and name a variety of common animals, including birds. • describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (including birds). Identify and name a variety of common animals that are …omnivores. Once the Blackbird has been studied you can compare it to other birds, or even other animals in the local environment. See our Squirrel Resources fro Y1 here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12742537 Brought to you by KS1 Nature: Helping teachers teach science, naturally, through the local environment.

18 weather-related worksheets and puzzles covering 6 areas of weather: •What is the weather like today? •Hot and Cold •What shall I wear today? •It’s Windy •It’s Raining •General Weather 3 Worksheets for each: 1 easy activity for younger children/lower ability, 2 word searches, 1 easy and 1 harder. Use for a topic on weather, or as early finisher activities at any time of the year. The harder words searches were originally written for a class of Y3 children so can be used with that age group too. These worksheets are included in the Weather Project Pack but are listed here separately for those who only want the worksheets.

10 birds to colour. Hand-drawn originals. Suitable for ages 5 +. Help children to learn: to identify different birds, to appreciate their differing colourings and structures to sort birds Ideas for use: Colouring for early finishers - much Science can be learned from colouring birds, so this would not be a ‘busy’ activity. Once a bird has been coloured, more could be found out about it. This could lead to research, factual writing, as well as Science work as the bird’s characteristics are studied. If different children take a different bird, then they can share what they have learned and comparisons can be made. Not for use as Clip Art.

Use our Lesson notes to help you to plan your lesson about the life-cycle of butterflies.Aimed to help stimulate enquiry and observation. Useful as part of work on life-cycles. How to raise butterflies from the egg stage Links to the National Curriculum for Science What to look for/background information for each stage - helping you to feel like an expert! Questions to help get the class thinking and to model asking questions Guided reading sheets: blow up for class use, or copy for group/individual use Use the worksheets for follow up: Pictures to order the life-cycle of a butterfly Label the parts of a butterfly Draw and write about an observed caterpillar/butterfly Reading comprehension 2 poems with comprehension exercises to follow each (two ability levels) Decorated writing sheets See our other life-cycle Lesson resources and Powerpoints: Life-cycle of a Horse Chestnut Tree Apples Frogs Daffodils Apples

Learn about the life-cycle of a Daffodil and and see how much of the science curriculum you can cover - without any effort and extend the learning into language and art in a truly child-centred way. Our spring Daffodil Science Lesson Pack is great for KS1 classroom use or for home-education nature study and includes: An 18 slide narrated Power Point to help KS1 children learn how Daffodils grow. Starting with the bulb under the ground the Power Point shows how Daffodils grow and teaches about the bulb, leaves, stem, buds, calyx (the papery covering of the buds), petals, trumpet and pollen. This Power Point is a taught lesson - with sound. Lesson outlines included with extensive notes for both Year 1 and Year 2 with relative National Curriculum for Science links. How to dissect a Daffodil. Pictures and word cards for multiple uses, e.g. labeling, making a matching game Label the parts of the plant Front cover of a Daffodil diary for recording observations Poetry lesson based on William Wordsworth poem ‘Daffodils’ Acrostic sheet Suggested art activities for each year group. 8 Photos for display/discussion

Study the life cycle of a Horse Chestnut tree with our PowerPoint and lesson resource pack, giving you everything you need for a great lesson. Suitable for use throughout the year, but especially in autumn , when conkers attract children’s attention. For ages 5-6, this pack gives you all the information you need at your fingertips to study the Horse Chestnut tree through each season. It also includes: Teaching Notes Cards to learn to read and spell words associated with science work - Make a matching game and /or trace the words and draw. The Life Cycle of the Horse Chestnut tree Life cycle chart Life- cycle pictures to order Make a book about the Horse Chestnut tree Life cycle ordering exercises on two levels Pages to use for descriptive work in English - describe conker and its shell, describe a leaf. Resources: Pictures to use for display/ordering/language work etc… Pictures through the year annotated as per the book Photos for display Large pictures of the drawings for own use (subject to T’s and C’s, see page 2) by KS1 Nature Helping you to teach science through the local environment.

This is a National Curriculum/Common Core aligned themed mini-unit about EVERGREENS suitable for K to 1 (Years 1 to 2) and mixed Grade classes, covering Science and English: Informational texts. The Evergreens mini-project lesson teaches: · To know that evergreen trees stay green all year through while deciduous trees drop their leaves in autumn · To know that some evergreen plants have flat leaves and some have leaves called needles · To know the properties of the leaves of evergreens - strong to withstand wind and frost · To know that the needles are different/grow differently depending on whether the tree is a fir, spruce or pine. Key vocab: evergreen, needles, leaves, deciduous, pine, fir, spruce, Holly, Ivy The pack includes: A full lesson plan PowerPoint overview of the subject Powerpoint with the 3 reading passages in a format suitable for guided reading Fact sheet - handy easy-to-read facts for teachers to prep before the lesson or to use with pupils where appropriate Supporting worksheets with: · 3 de-codable, differentiated reading comprehension passages with matching comprehension activities · 3 Differentiated worksheets to help children write about evergreens A set of photos to be used during the lesson and/or for display. Flashcards of key vocabulary 16 picture cards to sort into deciduous or evergreen This is a NO-PREP Lesson – straight out of the pack! The lesson will cover parts of the ‘plants’ element of most science curricula, providing a wonderful opportunity to teach more of/revise/reinforce the science curriculum while teaching English! Lesson notes for a lesson about evergreens are included with all the resources you need - except evergreen leaves. handy easy-to-read facts for teachers to prep before the lesson pictures 19-slide PowerPoint (with a script under each slide in the notes - use in presentation mode - go to slide show, click three dots bottom left and select ‘Presentation Mode’.)) The pack includes a 31-page PDF, one 19-slide PowerPoint and one guided reading PowerPoint of all three comprehension passages.

A bumper pack of 50 pages of differentiated Weather ideas for Y1 and y2, to aid project planning plus helpful differentiated worksheets and puzzles to make learning fun. Teaches the Weather element of the Science and Geography UK National Curriculum, but can be used with any curriculum. Tried and tested in KS1 classrooms All the resources you need in one place for a super project on Weather! Covers: General weather activities Rain Wind The sun Ice and Snow Cross-curricular activities Weather and plants and animals activities See also our Cloud project that will go well with this Weather Pack. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12056090 Our Cloud Power Point presentation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/clouds-powerpoint-presentation-for-y2-3-12056140 And our Weather related FREE Easy Readers: Clouds: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12263077 Water (including the water cycle): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12263066