Summer is the season between spring and autumn. In the UK, we experience spring during June, July and August.

The seasons are four times of year that have different weather and they are spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The Sun is a star around which Earth orbits. It is the source of light and heat for our planet.

Weather and the seasons: summer

Geography

Introducing the weather

Measuring the weather

Introducing the seasons

Weather and the seasons: spring

Weather and the seasons: autumn

Weather and the seasons: winter

This unit links to understanding what the UK is like and how seasonal weather is a part of this; it links directly to 'Cold places: What is it like at the North and South Poles?'  and 'Hot places: Where are they and what are they like?'. 

This unit builds on what has been learnt in 'Local area: Where do we go to school?' and 'Local area: Where do we live?', which look at the local area and involve some weather investigation as well as noticing seasonal change, and on 'Continents and oceans', which introduces some formal earth geometry, the idea of the Earth rotating and orbiting around the sun.

This unit introduces weather and seasonal change by exploring different types of weather and how they vary across the year. Pupils observe and measure the weather, identify patterns, and begin to relate seasonal change to the calendar year.

Seasons: how does the weather change through the year?

Which of these are true of summer in the UK?

Which of these images is taken in the summer?

What are temperatures generally like in summer in the UK?

Summer happens when that part of the Earth is closest to ...

In which month does summer start in the UK?

Which of these months does not fall in summer in the UK?

Summer is always the UK's rainiest season.

In the UK, there is rain in all four seasons.

Why is the following statement incorrect: 'There is no rain at all in the summer in the UK'.

It is summer in the UK when __________ is tilted towards the Sun.

Weather and the seasons: summer

Lesson outcome