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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Future Targets
Practise selecting and recording academic and behavioural targets for the next school year by reviewing past school work
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Class Thanks
Practise designing and producing special certificates, awards and cards to thank and reward classmates for things that have happened in the past school year
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Remembrance Poppies
Practise combining and shaping materials to produce models of poppies that can be used to remember and commemorate the lives of others
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Football Celebrations
Practise creative skills and techniques when working with different materials to create decorations to celebrate a football tournament
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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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Length Words
Practise using special vocabulary words to compare the lengths and sizes of objects found and used in different locations
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Speaking Skills
Explain and model how to use voices clearly and expressively when interacting with others in different situations and scenarios
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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