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Seasonal changes
CONCEPTUALObserve changes across the four seasons and describe weather associated with each season, including how day length varies
Mastery Evidence
- Name the four seasons and describe typical weather for each
- Describe how day length changes through the year (longer in summer, shorter in winter)
- Give examples of changes in the natural world associated with each season (e.g. leaves, flowers, animal behaviour)
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] describe what happens in each season — like leaves falling in autumn, snow in winter — and notice that days are shorter in winter and longer in summer?”
Curriculum Standards3 alignments
K-ESS2-1Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes onlyStandard code — full text not included in this dataset.
Y1.Sci.SC.1The national curriculum in EnglandObserve seasonal changes
observe changes across the 4 seasons
Science · Key Stage 1
Y1.Sci.SC.2The national curriculum in EnglandObserve and describe seasonal weather and day length
observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies
Science · Key Stage 1
Prerequisites1
- Days, Weeks, Months & YearssoftAges 5—6
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- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
Unlocks6
- Seasons & Weather PatternssoftAges 5—7
- Local weather patternshardAges 5—6
- Sunlight warms things upsoftAges 5—6
- Why seasons changesoftAges 5—7
- Shapes of land and watersoftAges 7—8
- Weather Forecasting & SafetyhardAges 5—6