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

  • 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

  • North Pole

    North Pole

    Record and sequence recounts to describe the actions of characters who live and work at the North Pole including Santa Claus, the elves and the reindeer

  • Christmas Chains

    Christmas Chains

    Select and use materials to create models of Christmas shapes to use as part of a chain decoration to display in the classroom

  • Listening Skills

    Listening Skills

    Develop and refine listening skills when practising how to follow commands and instructions when playing games and role-playing actions

  • Halving Things

    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

  • School Friends

    School Friends

    Identify and learn classroom routines and organisation by exploring and describing information and likes and dislikes for each of their classmates

  • Classroom

    Classroom

    Identify the location and function of different objects used in the classroom and explore how to formulate rules to manage the classroom safely