Special Topics Teaching Resources
Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in all curriculum subjects in the Foundation Stage covering a range of special days, celebrations and festivals across the school year
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Easter Events
Explore and discuss the sequence of events in the Easter story and reflect on how and why Jesus was crucified by the Romans
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Easter Egg Puzzles
Practise using art and design and maths skills to produce a range of puzzles on the theme of Easter eggs using matching and themed shapes
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Easter Story
Explore and illustrate the main sequence of events in the Easter story and understand the role of different characters in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus
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Easter Decorations
Practise shaping and combining a range of different materials to produce decorations with matching patterns and shapes to celebrate Easter
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Easter Egg Sums
Identify and record matching numbers of Easter eggs that make sums to five, ten and twenty when using different number skills
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Christmas Counting
Practise counting and recording different numbers of Christmas objects to twenty using their matching numerical digits and vocabulary words
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Christmas Shapes
Investigate and model how to use different materials and art techniques to design and make decorations to celebrate Christmas
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Christmas Food and Drink
Identify, describe and compare some of the special food and drink that can be enjoyed by families at Christmas
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Festive Decorations
Investigate how to shape and combine different materials to produce a selection of decorations to celebrate the festive season
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Nativity Scenes
Read and respond to the main events of the nativity story by using drama, role-play and art and design projects
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Christmas Tree Ornaments
Investigate how to use different modelling techniques when shaping and combining materials to create Christmas tree ornaments
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Christmas Shopping
Solve a range of money problems about different things that families might need to buy to celebrate Christmas by adding money amounts within twenty
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Seaside Subtraction
Calculate and record the difference between pairs of numbers to ten by counting back to show numbers of items sold in a shop at the seaside
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Animal Alphabet
Practise finding information in non-fiction books about some of the different animals that live around the world
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Spring Farming
Identify and describe some of the changes to farm animals that occur during the spring and jobs performed by the farmer during this season of the year
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Shape Numbers
Identify and count the numbers of different geometric shapes that can be seen in special places, themes and illustrations