Seasonal Changes - Year 1

Oct 1, 2026

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This Year 1 learning topic explains the four seasons—autumn, winter, spring and summer—by describing typical weather changes, daylight patterns, and how plants and animals respond. Autumn focuses on falling temperatures, changing leaf colour and shorter days. Winter highlights freezing conditions, ice and frost, deciduous trees with bare branches, and animals hibernating. Spring covers warming weather, plant growth and blossoming, plus lambs and chicks. Summer focuses on rising temperatures and longer days, supported by key physics vocabulary such as season, temperature, day length, freeze and hibernate, and includes working scientifically skills for observation, measurement, recording and pattern finding.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages1

Reading Time3 min

AccessFree to download

Key Concepts

There are four seasons

Autumn

Winter

Spring

Summer

Key Vocabulary

autumn

day length

deciduous

freeze

hibernate

months

season

spring

summer

temperature

winter

Working Scientifically Skills

| | Castlefield School-Science | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Topic: Seasonal Changes | Year: One

Theme: The World Around Us | | | | Strand: Physics | | | |
Key Concepts | | | Key Vocabulary | | | | | | | There are four seasons – autumn, winter, spring & summer | | | autumn | | A season when the weather becomes colder and the leaves fall off the trees. | | | | | Autumn
• September, October & November make up autumn.
• The temperature beings to fall, which means it gets colder.
• The leaves on deciduous trees change colour and begin to fall to the ground.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | day length | | The amount of time where there is daylight. | | | | | | | | deciduous | | A tree that loses its leaves in the autumn every year. | | | | | | | | freeze | | When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below 0 degrees. | | | | | • The days get shorter and the nights get longer. | | | | | | | | | | | | | hibernate | | Animals that spend the winter in a state of deep sleep. | | | | | Winter
• December, January & February make up winter.
• In Winter, it gets colder still -this is because the temperature has fallen.
• Sometimes, it can freeze overnight and there may be ice and frost.
• Deciduous trees have completely lost their leaves and the branches are bare.
• Winter has the shortest days and the longest nights of all the seasons.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | months | | A year is split into 12 months. Each month has between 28-31 days in it. | | | | | | | | season | | The main time of year which has its own typical weather. | | | | | | | | spring | | A season when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again. | | | | | | | | summer | | A season when the weather is usually hot or warm. | | | | | Spring
• March, April & May make up spring.
• In Spring, it gets warmer and the temperature begins to rise.
• Leaves begin to appear on deciduous trees.
• Some trees begin to blossom.
• Many plants begin to grow.
• Lambs are born and chicks begin to hatch.
• The days become longer and the nights become shorter.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | temperature | | A measure of how hot or cold something is. | | | | | | | | winter | | A season where the weather is usually cold. | | | | | | | | Working Scientifically Skills | | | | | | | | | |
| Asking questions
Explaining results – saying what we found out
Using books, videos, the internet, people and photos to find answers | | | | Observing and measuring Recording information Looking for patterns – sorting and grouping | | Summer
• June, July & August make up summer.
• In summer it gets warmer still -this is because the temperature has risen.
• The days get longer and the nights get shorter.
• Summer has the longest days and the shortest nights of all the seasons
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Famous Scientists | | | | | | | | | | | Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686 – 1736)– Inventor of the first modern thermometer. | | | | |

FAQs

What are the four seasons in this topic?

The topic covers autumn, winter, spring and summer.

How does day length change across the seasons?

Autumn and winter have shorter days and longer nights, while spring and summer have longer days and shorter nights.

What key physics vocabulary and skills are included?

Key vocabulary includes season, temperature, day length, freeze and hibernate, and the skills focus on asking questions, observing and measuring, recording information and looking for patterns.

Oct 1, 2026

Upload by jayni