Year 1 · Seasons and Weather · Summary
Year 1 Science Seasons and Weather: summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 Science seasons and weather chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Seasons in order | Spring, summer, autumn, winter, then spring again. |
| Months | Spring: March to May. Summer: June to August. Autumn: September to November. Winter: December to February. |
| Plants | New leaves and flowers in spring, full leaves in summer, leaves fall in autumn, and some trees are bare in winter. |
| Animals | Lambs and frogspawn in spring, swallows fly away in autumn, and hedgehogs sleep through winter. |
| Clothes | Light clothes in summer, warm clothes in winter. |
| Weather | Sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy and snowy, each with a symbol. |
| Recording | Observe the weather, record it each day, and count the days on a chart. |
| Day length | Longer days in summer and shorter days in winter. |
Can you…?
- I can name the four seasons in order
- I can name the months in each season
- I can say how plants and animals change with the seasons
- I can say what clothes to wear in each season
- I can name the five weather types and match them to their symbols
- I can record the weather on a chart and count the days
- I can say that days are longer in summer and shorter in winter
Key terms
- season
- one of the four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn or winter
- weather
- what the air outside is like, for example sunny or rainy
- symbol
- a simple picture that stands for something
- observe
- to look carefully at something
- record
- to write down what you see
- weather chart
- a chart that shows the weather for each day
- day length
- how long the sun is up in the sky each day
- evergreen
- a tree that keeps its green leaves or needles all year
- hibernate
- to sleep through the cold winter months