Caring for Our World - Year 1

Our Communities and the Environment - KS1 Year 1 Unit (Summer term)

In this Year 1 Wider World unit, we will learn about the environment, caring for living things, and how we all have a responsibility to care for others. We will explore what happens to our rubbish, and how we can help the Earth by using less, re-using what we can and recycling. We will also learn about out communities and how people help each other in different ways. This unit builds on learning from Reception and prepares children for more in-depth lessons about the environment and community responsibilities in KS2.

This unit includes the following lessons:

1) Caring for Living Things
2) Recycling
3) Plastic and Pollution
4) Global Warming
5) Our Classroom Community
6) Community helpers

You can find the planning and schemes of work s to accompany this unit here: Caring for Our World Scheme of Work - KS1 - Year 1