This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate the effect of winter on different landscapes and animals. The class identify and record how animals have adapted to living in cold conditions in a range of habitats around the world.

Winter Weather

Explore how the weather changes during winter and its effect on the natural world including how water can freeze and turn to ice when the temperature falls below zero

Winter Animals

Explore how animals adapt to the changes to the natural world in the winter including animals that live in Britain and other habitats such as the arctic

  • Food and Drink Colours

    Food and Drink Colours

    Identify and describe some of the different colours that can be used when buying, preparing and making foods for a range of meals

  • Calendar Days

    Calendar Days

    Identify and record the sequence of the seven days of the week using the correct vocabulary words to describe units of time on a calendar

  • Fantasy Stories

    Fantasy Stories

    Identify and describe some of the special characters, locations and events that can occur in narrative stories with fantasy settings

  • Class Portraits

    Class Portraits

    Investigate and practise some of the different artwork techniques that can be used when composing and painting a portrait of a classmate