Y E A R 1
- We have times of the year called seasons: these are Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The weather changes with every season. Seasons last three months each.
- 🍃Spring is usually warmer than winter so things start to grow like flowers on plants and leaves on trees. New animals are born. Spring months are March, April and May.
- ☀️Summer is usually the warmest season. We have more sunlight in the summer and it is light for up to 16 hours. Summer months are June, July and August.
- 🍁Autumn is cooler than summer. There is less light than summer. Leaves begin to change colour and fall from deciduous trees. Some animals begin to hibernate until it becomes warm again in the spring. Autumn months are September, October and November.
- ☃️Winter is usually the coldest season and it is more likely to snow than any other time of year. The colder weather means that fewer plants grow and many animals are hibernating as they have less food to eat. Winter months are December, January and February.
Y E A R 5
- 🌍The Earth is a planet. It is almost like sphere. It travels around the Sun, which is a star. Other planets travel around the Sun too. They all travel around the Sun in a fixed way. These are called orbits. Every Earth orbit lasts 365 1/4 days. Planets that are closer to the sun have shorter orbits, and planets that are further away have longer orbits.
- ☀️The Earth also rotates. This is why we have night and day. Daytime is when half of the Earth is facing the sun. Nighttime is when half of the Earth faces away from the sun. Every rotation takes 24 hours. The Earth rotates anticlockwise so the sun appears to rise in the East and set in the West.
- 🔆As the Earth rotates, the sun appears to move across the sky in an arc. This is caused by the shape of the Earth.
- 🌅The Earth is tilted. This causes day and night to be longer or shorter depending on where the Earth is on its orbit. This causes seasons.
- 🌗A satellite orbits a planet. Satellites can be natural or man-made. Earth's only natural satellite is called the Moon. The Moon orbits the Earth every 28 days. The Moon looks different depending on where it is on its orbit. These are called the phases of the Moon.