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What is winter?
What weather will we see?
What does winter look like?
What happens to the days?
What happens to the plants?
What do people wear to adapt?
What do people do differently?
What do we see animals do?
What Is Winter?
Winter is one of the four seasons.
Click on the winter season to see which months are in winter.
Autumn
Winter
Summer
Spring
December
January
February
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What Weather Will We See?
What has the weather been like this week?
What has the temperature been like?
As the season changes to winter, the temperature �begins to fall, which means it gets even colder.
We might notice…
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What Does Winter Look Like?
We might see more snow in winter or often picture �snow when we think about winter...
…but does it always snow in the UK in winter?
Does it have to snow to be winter?
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What Happens to the Days?
What have you noticed about the �time you have to play outside after �school recently?
We will notice:
Winter has the least amount of daylight and the longest nights of all the seasons.
Month | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | June | July | Aug |
Hours of sunlight | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
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What Happens to the Plants?
Do the same flowers grow all year round?
We might notice:
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What Do People Wear to Adapt?
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In winter, what clothes do you wear? How do you keep warm?
We often wear different things in winter� than we do in the spring and summer.
We might notice people wearing…
What Do People Do Differently?
In winter, what do you like to eat and drink?
What do you do more of?
We often eat, drink and do different things �in winter than we do in the spring and summer.
We might notice people:
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What Do We See Animals Do?
Animals cope with winter weather differently.
We might notice some animals hibernating for some, or all, of the winter.
Click on the pictures to name each one.
bats hibernate
adders hibernate
hedgehogs hibernate
dormice hibernate
What Do We See Animals Do?
We might notice that other animals migrate (travel) to a warmer place.
Click on the pictures to name each one.
Lots of birds, like the swallow, migrate.
Some butterflies, like the monarch butterfly, migrate.
Most whales migrate.
Most dolphins migrate.
What Do We See Animals Do?
We might notice that some animals adapt by changing �their behaviour or their bodies.
Click on the pictures to name each one.
Exmoor ponies �adapt to winter conditions by growing an extra layer to their �brown coats.
Herdwick sheep �can survive harsh winters because �they have blizzard-proof fleeces.
Arctic foxes adapt �by changing the colour of their fur coats to match their surroundings in winter conditions.