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4 outdoor lessons for seasonal changes in year 1

Year 1 - Seasonal changes

This outdoor learning unit invites children to explore seasonal changes through hands-on observation and engaging activities across the year. Using your school’s outdoor space, students will investigate weather patterns, tree species, and how nature and daily life evolve with each season—making curriculum connections come alive through real-world experiences.

Lesson Plans

Observing seasonal changes

Deliver real-life learning by using nature in your outdoor space to observe seasonal changes throughout the year, compare and contrast how nature and clothing requirements change.

Learning objective:

To observe seasonal changes.

Comparing and contrasting deciduous and evergreen trees

Discover the species of trees in your own outdoor space during this outdoor lesson and choose activities to deliver across the seasons to observe how they change.

Activity Pack:

Comparing and contrasting deciduous and evergreen trees.

Observing seasonal changes in the weather

Deepen children’s understanding of how the weather changes throughout the seasons by observing it intermittently throughout the year. Choose from our range of outdoor activity ideas to support your children’s observations.

Learning objective:

Observing seasonal changes in the weather.

Autumn activity ideas

Outdoor learning activities linked to various areas of the curriculum that explore the characteristics of autumn.

Activity Pack:

Observing and using nature found at different times of the year

Winter activity ideas

Exploring the features of winter through outdoor activities connected to different parts of the curriculum.

Learning objective:

Observing seasonal changes in the weather.

Spring activity ideas

Hands-on outdoor activities tied to multiple curriculum subjects that investigate the traits of spring.

Activity Pack:

Observing and using nature found at different times of the year

Summer activity ideas

Outdoor learning activities across different curriculum areas that investigate the signs and features of summer.

Learning objective:

Observing seasonal changes in the weather.

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