Southfields Farm
. .....but God made it grow
On your farm trip we can offer many enrichment activities that will bring your classroom topic to life. We can see strong links in particular with the farm environment and your KS1 and KS2 science curriculum. Your pupils will be able to explore and develop curiosity in a real life context! We will work with you to help children develop their scientific understanding, and a good understanding of the natural world in an exciting and engaging way.
Your Science Curriculum 2020-2021
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Seasons
Living Things
The Natural World
Weather
Year 1
Environment
Plants
Animal Kingdom
Weather
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Year 2
Living Things
Plants
Animal Needs
Local Habitats
Year 3
Animal homes
Plants
Year 4
Respecting the environment
Classification
Year 5
Life cycles
Plants and Pollination
Decay
Year 6
Classification
Field Studies
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If you are looking for farm visits that support specific longitudinal studies, below is a potential plan your school could follow taking the recurring topics 'Plants' and 'Animals' as a visual focus of progressive learning throughout KS1 and KS2. You can book successive visits across year groups so that children build on knowledge from previous visits.
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Living things - animals baby animals
on the farm, handling and feeding spring lambs
Year 1
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Plants native flowering plants and trees, experience wild flower meadow
Year 2
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Plants seeds and plants we eat - crops on the farm
Year 3
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Plants life cycle of crops, conditions needed for growth - experience types of soils
Year 4
Classification of animals - including insect hunt and pond dipping
Year 5
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Plants and Pollination -go on a life cycle hunt, observe agents of pollination and interactive talk with Beekeeper
Year 6
Classification of animals extending classification knowledge on kingdoms/ phylum/ class/ order/ genus/ species. Games classifying
all the animals in the paddock.