Spring Farming
This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe changes to farm animals that occur during the spring and jobs performed by the farmer during this season . The class can explain how farmers can look after the baby animals that are born on a farm.
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
Lesson One : Farm Animals
Investigate, describe and compare some of the different animals that can be found living on a farm to show how they can produce items for the farmer to sell at a market
Lesson Two : Feeding and Cleaning
Identify and describe some of the special ways of looking after different animals that live on a farm using matching jobs for feeding and cleaning
Lesson Three : Baby Animals
Explore how to identify and match the names of some of the different baby and adult animals that can be found living on a farm
Lesson Four : Baby Chicks
Investigate, describe and record some of the different ways of looking after baby chicks that hatch from eggs when growing on a farm
Lesson Five : Spring Lambs
Identify, describe and record some of the different ways of looking after lambs that are born on a farm during the spring season of the year
Lesson Six : Farm Jobs
Describe and role-play some of the special jobs and actions that could be performed on a farm during the spring season of the year
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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
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School Friends
Identify and learn classroom routines and organisation by exploring and describing information and likes and dislikes for each of their classmates
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Classroom
Identify the location and function of different objects used in the classroom and explore how to formulate rules to manage the classroom safely
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Shape Patterns
Identify, describe and compare the sequences of geometric shapes that have been used to create a range of different patterns