Great Torrington Junior School

Autumn Term Curriculum

SEAL theme New Beginnings

Introduction to Forest School rules

Story settings -  Barry The Bat

Tree identification - Introduction to the ash, oak, sycamore, beech and hazel trees

Campfire cooking - and the importance of food hygiene

Traditional foods - what is eaten in The Gambia and how it is prepared

Rocks and soils

Roman headresses - using laurel and willow

Willow Stars and Pine cone feeders

Spring Term Curriculum

Signs and Symbols

Weather recording

Making pine cone bird feeders

Myths and Legend - supporting their classroom based work in literacy (development of writing) through making woodland monsters from natural materials including wood, moss and plenty of mud!!

Map making - Introduction to maps and keys

Camp fire cooking

Signs of Spring - mapping signs of Spring evident on our site

Sounds of Spring - a walk on the commons mapping natural and man made sounds they hear

Easter Treasure Hunt - using grid references/ co-ordinates on a map

Summer Term Curriculum

Local environment and land use - developing appropriate geographical vocabulary

What plants need. - planting seeds and understanding the conditions they need to grow well. Watching the changes as they grow. Transplanting them. Making a climbing frame form them from coppiced poles. Understanding the functions of different parts of the plant. Using pressed flowers to make a bookmark.

Woodland Crowns

Team Challenges - Healthy School Week

Rainbow pallets - making their own paint charts from natural materials

Trees -revisiting work on hazel, ash, oak and sycamore. Making plaster of paris casts of leaves. Tree heart beat. Leaf ladders

Evaluation session