There’s nothing like Christmas to engage young minds with activities that are fun, festive and full of opportunities for learning. This Christmas lesson plan PDF for KS2 is based around the old favourite of Christmas trees.
It covers many different areas of the curriculum, including maths, science, history, art and design and RE.
Christmas lesson plan PDF
We all love the smell of a real tree but who grows them and how? What challenges do Christmas tree growers face? What decisions will they have to make to get their trees to market? Find out all of this in this Christmas lesson plan.
What they’ll learn
- Life cycle of a tree
- What do trees need to grow?
- Multiplication, division, estimation
- Teamwork, communication, problem solving
Becky Wilkinson leads Teaching Trees, a Royal Forestry Society programme offering free woodland visits, accredited outdoor learning training and the Junior Forester Award. Browse more Christmas activities.
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