Local Shops

This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explore the locations and functions of different shops that can be found in the local area and identify and compare products that are sold in each shop. The class can make models to role-play shopping for items to match a range of purposes.

Explore the locations and functions of different shops that can be found in the local area and identify and compare products that are sold in each shop

Lesson One : What Shops
Identify, describe and compare some of different types of shops that can be found in the local area

Lesson Two : Shopping Lists
Identify and record lists of different items that can be bought at shops in the local area

Lesson Three : Bakery
Identify and record the range of products that can be bought at a bakery close to the school

Lesson Four : Greengrocer
Identify, describe and list some of the different products that can be sold in a greengrocers’ shop in the local area

Lesson Five : Newsagent
Select and design different products that could be sold in a newsagent shop in the local area

Lesson Six : Shopping Trip
Choose and make models of some of the different items that can be sold in shops in the local area
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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