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Where this lesson fits: This session is in the Pathway 5 unit – Influence and Authority. Children have been introduced to how and why different festivals are celebrated. Once the concept of festivals has been introduced, teachers are free to select a sequence of festivals over the year which are deemed appropriate to their class. Please note that it is not necessary to teach every celebration in this sequence.
In this lesson, children explore what happens during a Christian Harvest festival. They begin to think about why it is celebrated.

Points to note: Discussions will take place over several sessions and as part of continuous provision. Be sensitive to children’s family settings. Not all children celebrate birthdays and families will have different approaches to festivals, so sensitivity is required in whole-class discussions.  Links can be developed between this RE unit and the prime area of Communication and Language.
Enrichment ideas: A persona doll can be used to give children an example to relate to for each festival. Ideally, ask a Christian visitor to speak to the class about their beliefs and how they celebrate harvest time; or visit a local church dressed for harvest.
Outdoor learning: Add vegetables and gardening tools to the mud kitchen area or 'harvest' them from the garden. If you have been growing vegetables of your own, check if they are ready to be harvested and talk about how you have been looking after them.
Further lesson notes and additional ideas may be found in the ‘Notes’ section of some slides. Refer to the full unit plan for more activities and resources. Notes for teachers<br>

Recommended texts: Holidays and Festivals- Harvest Festival (Nancy Dickmann, Raintree) ISBN-10: 1406219304)
A Wet and Windy Harvest for Puddles https://www.booksatpress.co.uk/ 
Slide 9: Pass round a feely bag with some harvest fruit, vegetables and grains inside. Encourage children to describe them using all their senses. Children can also then taste some British fruits, grains and vegetables (see slide 14).
Slide 11: CBeebies has a harvest video which focuses on where food comes from: Harvest Festival - CBeebies
Slide 12: Learn the harvest song with actions at: Oats and beans and barley grow - BBC Teach
More songs are available on BBC Teach: Resources for Harvest festival - BBC Teach
Slide 13: Ideally, visit a local church dressed for harvest.
Slide 15: Encourage the children to bring in donations of packaged food which can be displayed in class in a harvest basket; then donated to a local food bank.
Slide 17: Resources for adult led tasks: Food packaging (or use the donations brought in), harvest food to taste

Slide 18: Resources for continuous provision: small world farm, gardening role play equipment, resources to make a scarecrow.

Slide 19: Use the speech bubble template on the following slide to record any questions that children ask and look back at them.

Slide 20: Encourage the children to identify which festival key words match the harvest festival. You could draw lines to the words that match. Resources to support this presentation<br>