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EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
- Explore the natural world around them.
- Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Early learning goals
ELG: Understanding the world – The natural world
- Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.
- Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage.
Teacher video: Our beautiful planet
Lessons
Lesson 1: Exploring outdoors
Lesson 2: Plants
Lesson 3: Exploring plant parts
Lesson 4: Planting seeds
Lesson 5: Caring for the Earth
Key skills
- Commenting on what they
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Key knowledge
To know:
- Some objects
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Key vocabulary
care
Earth
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Continuous provision
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Science
Continuous provision ideas – Science EYFS: Our beautiful planet
Continuous provision activities to complement the EYFS unit 'Our beautiful planet'.
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