Water World

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe different bodies of water that can be found around the world including the plants and animals that live in each habitat. The class can make models and list features that can seen in different bodies of water.

Identify and describe some of the different bodies of water that can be found around the world including the plants and animals that live in each habitat

Lesson One : Rivers, Lakes and Seas
Identify, name and produce models of some of the different bodies of water that can be found in special locations around the world

Lesson Two : River Journey
Investigate and describe the journey that a river can make through the landscape when passing a range of special locations and habitats

Lesson Three : Ponds
Identify, describe and compare some of the different plants and animals that can be found living in a pond habitat in the local area

Lesson Four : Tadpole to Frog
Explore, describe and record the life cycle of one type of animal that can be found living in a pond habitat to show how it grows and changes over time

Lesson Five : Sea Life
Identify. describe and compare some of the different types of animals that can be found living in the sea to show what makes them special and unique

Lesson Six : Sea Plants
Practise describing, comparing and sorting some different types of seaweed into matching groups for shape, colour and texture
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School Friends
Investigate, describe and model some of the special ways of providing practical, spiritual and emotional support to other pupils in the school
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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
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Listening Skills
Develop and refine listening skills when practising how to follow commands and instructions when playing games and role-playing actions
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Halving Things
Explain and model how to find and record the halves of some of the different objects that can be used at home and in school