School Safari
This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and compare different animals that live in the school grounds and make comparisons between animals that live in other habitats. The class can label pictures and make models to record mini-beasts found in special habitats.
Identify and compare some of the different animals that live in the school grounds and make comparisons between animals that live in other habitats
Lesson One : Birds and Insects
Identify, describe and count the numbers of birds and insects that can be found living in some different places around the school grounds
Lesson Two : Insects
Explore and record how to compare and describe some of the different types of insects that live in some special habitats found around the school grounds
Lesson Three : Ponds
Investigate and record information about some of the different types of animals that can be found living in a pond habitat in the school grounds
Lesson Four : Trees and Bushes
Explain and model how to locate and identify some different types of animals that live in a special habitat found around the school grounds
Lesson Five : Under Stones and Logs
Identify, describe and count some of the different types of creatures that live in a special habitat that can be found around the school grounds
Lesson Six : Mini-beast Encyclopaedia
Practise selecting and recording information about some of the animals that can be found living in some different places around the school grounds
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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