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

  • Length Words

    Length Words

    Practise using special vocabulary words to compare the lengths and sizes of objects found and used in different locations

  • Speaking Skills

    Speaking Skills

    Explain and model how to use voices clearly and expressively when interacting with others in different situations and scenarios

  • School Friends

    School Friends

    Investigate, describe and model some of the special ways of providing practical, spiritual and emotional support to other pupils in the school

  • School Pictograms

    School Pictograms

    Explore how to count and record the numbers of different pieces of school equipment that can be found in trays stored around the classroom