Sunshine and Sunflowers

Project overview

This seasonal main project provides opportunities for outdoor learning and teaches children how to care for the plants and animals in their local environment and how to stay safe in the sun.

What’s included

Sunshine and Sunflowers is a comprehensive subject project that boasts an array of essentials including:

  • 19

    Nursery activities

  • 47

    Reception activities

  • 25

    Enhanced provision activities

  • 59

    Resources

  • Did you know?

Project scope

Sunshine and Sunflowers provides a structured approach to science, outlining key subjects and topics including:

Subject

  • Communication and language

  • Expressive arts and design

  • Literacy

  • Mathematics

  • Personal, social and emotional development

  • Physical development

  • Understanding the world

Topics

  • Butterflies and bees

  • Habitats

  • Insects

  • Life cycles

  • Local environment

  • Plants

  • Sun safety

Looking for a full curriculum?

If youโ€™re looking for inspiring lessons and resources across the whole curriculum, then the Cornerstones Curriculum offers everything you need for single or multi-year groups, with a collection of projects designed by subject experts to support teachers and subject leaders at every level of subject knowledge.