Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Look at a map of the area and identify any farm nearby.
• Visit a farm or have a farmer visit the school. Understand the jobs a farmer has to do and why.
• Understand the role farms play in the food chain and why they are important.
• Play farms in small world play and set up a role-play farm in the classroom.

Activities

1. Become familiar with a farm near the location of their school.
2. Begin to understand farming by visiting a farm or having a farmer visit the school.
3. Undertake several role-plays of different jobs associated with farming.

Investigation - exploring, pattern seeking
Visit a farm or have a farmer visit the school. Understand the jobs a farmer has to do and why. Understand the role farms play in the food chain and why they are important.
Year 1 - Play farms in small world play and set up a role-play farm in the classroom.
Year 2 - Weed and tend to the allotment, understanding why the weeds need to be pulled out. Identify the weeds. Make flap pictures of micro-habitats and the min-beasts.

Vocabulary
Growth, germination, planting, edible, mini-beasts, habitats