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

  • Easter Events

    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

  • Easter Egg Puzzles

    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

  • Easter Story

    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

  • Easter Decorations

    Easter Decorations

    Practise shaping and combining a range of different materials to produce decorations with matching patterns and shapes to celebrate Easter

  • Easter Egg Sums

    Easter Egg Sums

    Identify and record matching numbers of Easter eggs that make sums to five, ten and twenty when using different number skills

  • Christmas Counting

    Christmas Counting

    Practise counting and recording different numbers of Christmas objects to twenty using their matching numerical digits and vocabulary words

  • Christmas Shapes

    Christmas Shapes

    Investigate and model how to use different materials and art techniques to design and make decorations to celebrate Christmas

  • Christmas Food and Drink

    Christmas Food and Drink

    Identify, describe and compare some of the special food and drink that can be enjoyed by families at Christmas

  • Festive Decorations

    Festive Decorations

    Investigate how to shape and combine different materials to produce a selection of decorations to celebrate the festive season

  • Nativity Scenes

    Nativity Scenes

    Read and respond to the main events of the nativity story by using drama, role-play and art and design projects

  • Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Investigate how to use different modelling techniques when shaping and combining materials to create Christmas tree ornaments

  • Christmas Shopping

    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

  • Garden Measurements

    Garden Measurements

    Practise using vocabulary words and non-standard measurements to find and compare the length of different things that can found in a garden

  • Family Holiday

    Family Holiday

    Identify and recount events and experiences to describe what happened when on holiday at the seaside using sentences in the past tense

  • Holiday Shirts

    Holiday Shirts

    Produce items of clothing to wear on a holiday to a particular location by selecting and using shapes to represent different places

  • Robot Movements

    Robot Movements

    Explain and model how to control the direction and position of a robot when moving about the classroom to perform different functions