Taking Reception - Farms Outdoors

Farms outdoor enhancement plan

Lines of enquiry covered:

What is life on a farm like?
What do farmers do?
Which animals live on a farm?
How do vegetables grow?

Get your children engaging with your outdoor provision by exploring farmhouse dining, agricultural fields, animal footprints and vegetable growing. Each of these farm themed play ideas also offer adult-led learning opportunities to deepen children’s learning through hands-on exploration.

Farms outdoor activity bank

Lines of enquiry covered:

Why do tractor tyres have deep treads?
How are tractors built?
What is farming like in different seasons?
What are different animal body parts called?
What is the name of different animal babies?

These outdoor activities give your children the opportunity to investigate the way tractors move and discover more about farm animals and their young. All key questions and extension opportunities are detailed and resources included to make bringing these activities to life quick and easy!

Reception Topic Planning Guidance

Use this guidance document alongside our planning to ensure you are able to use them in a way that works for your setting and get the most from the plans.

Mrs Davies

Amazing resources which have really helped our school be more confident in using the outdoor space to enhance the children's learning. Great, fun, easy to follow lesson plans, which link directly to the key objectives!

Sharon Taylan

The Alfresco planning hub is a fantastic resources with lesson that are easy to pick up and teach. I use them both as full lesson, lesson starters and intervention session for an LSA. Would highly recommend.

Karyn Weglarz

I am a member of the Planning Hub and I love the variety of lessons provided. Most lessons need only simple materials that I usually already have on hand. I love taking my students out with these lessons.

Amy McTague

Brilliant resources, easy to follow and adapt for learners, clear progression!

Laura Walton

The online planning hub is a lifesaver. I teach in KS1 and the children always ask when we are going outside and parents always say how excited the children are about their outdoor learning. It is exactly what I was looking for and have now been using it for several years. Thank you for such a brilliant resource!

Reception - Farms

Farms outdoor enhancement plan

Lines of enquiry covered:

Farms outdoor activity bank

Lines of enquiry covered:

Reception Topic Planning Guidance

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