Autumn = free resources

Autumn= leaves. So many activities you can do with leaves. If you know the school you're going to and know they've got leaves, let the kids gather their own and enjoy the physical, tactile and sensory aspect of collecting them. If not grab a shopper bag and grab at least one good sized bag full.

Great activities for all age groups include:

English: autumn poetry; shape poems, acrostic poems, cinquian. It's only limited by what you feel like scaffolding.

Maths: grouping, modelling multiplication with small leaves, graphs, measuring area and perimeter, informal measurement with leaves. Write a number on the leaf and children can put matching amount of conkers or pebbles on top.

Art: make leaf animals, collage, leaf printing, hit the leaves with a hammer/ block and make a print, leaf rubbing with crayons.  

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HSIE (Human Society and It's Environment): how are the leaves different here to other towns/ neighbourhood, uses for leaves, what animals live in what trees? 

PE: if you can get to the hall have relays with the children blowing leaves from point a to point b on the floor they have to be on their bellies to do this so be prepared to model. 

Science: place leaves in a cup of water and put in a sunny spot. Make predictions and check in an hour- bubbles appear on the bottom. Why do you think that is? Put a clear plastic bag over a tree branch that still has leaves, make predictions and check later, there is water in the bag! 

There's no need to be spending huge amounts of your own money on resources but there is a need to be resourceful if you want to be a good teacher.