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Meet Bouncy Blackbird as he flies around his garden and discovers the different types of food his bird friends like. Great for introducing similarities and differences and birds to young children. Perfect if you're doing Big Schools' Birdwatch

A fun story for young children about a duck who is learning about the similarities and differences between him and other birds. Great for provoking conversations about how we are all different as well as helping to identify common birds.

Explore a variety of media and materials that allow you to create leaf rubbings. Provide tools for children to demonstrate the variety in shape, size and texture of natural items such as leaves.

This June, celebrate all the ways your school has helped to protect and restore nature by holding an open day. Download this toolkit for more info, templates and ideas including templates for press releases and letters to your local MP.

Animal migration has fascinated humans for millennia. In this lesson your class can track the amazing journeys some birds make as they cross continents, countries and oceans on their migration journeys. This resource is a bilingual, Welsh resource. It is suitable as a one-off class activity, or it can be extended into a larger debating, creative or homework project. The materials are aimed at primary aged children, and can be easily adapted and differentiated for your needs so it can be used across the key stages. This lesson forms links with the Geography national curriculum for KS1 & KS2 All of the activity cards are bilingual By tracking the migration journeys of various birds your children will be able to learn and name the countries, continents and oceans that are crossed and the vast distances these animals cover. As well as understanding more about how and why animals undertake these incredible journeys.

Every January and February hundreds of school children take part in Big Schools' Birdwatch. This is a power point and notes to help you introduce the session. It is designed to give you some ideas about which birds you might see and what you should be looking out for. This power point and notes have been translated into Welsh

Everything you need to take part in Big Schools' Birdwatch in Welsh. Includes Foundation phase lesson plan, Lucky Duck story, how to sheets to make a paper plate bird and a bird feeder. A counting sheet and short videos to help you recognise some common birds. Use this link for some extra facts https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/facts-about-nature/facts-about-birds/

An instruction sheet for children to follow showing how to make a bird from a paper plate. Has simple numbered instructions with photographs to make it easy to follow either independently or with adult supervision.

Everything you need to take part in Big Schools' Birdwatch. Includes Foundation stage lesson plan, (Also includes a lesson plan for the early level in Scotland) Lucky Duck story, how to sheets to make a paper plate bird and a bird feeder. A counting sheet and short videos to help you recognise some common birds. Find more information about common birds on our website https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/facts-about-nature/facts-about-birds/

Discover a world of variety in the world around you. Create smelly cocktails with natural objects. Will season and location affect the natural objects you discover and the scents you create?

A lovely story about Cheeky Sparrow who flies round his garden meeting bird friends who look and sound differently to him. A great way to introduce young children to the similarities and differences in common birds and those that you are likely to see in school grounds. Perfect for bird spotting or if you're taking part in Big Schools' Birdwatch. Presented as a power point for whole class teaching but can also be printed.

Non-fiction fact files on a wide different birds of prey ranging from owls to eagles! A very flexible resource which lends itself brilliantly for a range of uses such as, non-fiction guided reading or for a non-fiction topic in English. With reference to measurement on each, there are some maths links in there too!

Great for PSHE and persuasion in English. This resource requires children to debate how a pot of money should be allocated to saving a range of species. How do they justify where the resources are spent? Can there be a perfect decision which makes everyone happy? What does a compromise look and feel like?

A short engaging video (3:45min) introducing the bird superhighway! Focusing on the East Atlantic Highway with includes the UK and birds such as Arctic tern, Swift and Manx Shearwater. Why not use it to introduce our migration lesson /teaching-resource/migration-lesson-12216314

By tracking the migration journeys of various birds, children can explore the reasons why birds might migrate which encourages conversation and comparrison between differing climates etc. The lesson explores the countries, continents and oceans that are crossed the hazards they face which drives discussion around human and physical geography. There is also the opportunity to estimate the distances travelled. why not introduce this subject with a short film. /teaching-resource/introducing-bird-migration-13023169

A story about a snails exploration journey in the rain using descriptive words. [english & Welsh language version]

A story about a young hedgehog on his first trip outside his home and how he uses his senses to explore the world around him. [English & Welsh language versions]

A story about a young Ladybird who is not sure of where her home is and how she finds it. [English & Welsh language versions]

Let’s Talk Nature. A series of three A4 activity sheets each showing different scenes that provoke thought for conversation, language and vocabulary development. Use these to develop early language and confidence as well as observation skills. Perfect for Early Years and KS1. Use wonderful words to describe what you see in a woodland scene. Use positional language to say where the wildlife you can see is in a garden scene. Use super sentences to talk about the wildlife in the urban school scene. Are any of the animals the same or different to the wildlife found where you live?

Let’s Talk Nature. A Welsh bilingual series of three A4 activity sheets each showing different scenes that provoke thought for conversation, language and vocabulary development. Use these to develop early language and confidence as well as observation skills. Perfect for Early Years and KS1. Use wonderful words to describe what you see in a woodland scene. Use positional language to say where the wildlife you can see is in a garden scene. Use super sentences to talk about the wildlife in the urban school scene. Are any of the animals the same or different to the wildlife found where you live?