This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explore some of the different shops and services that can be used in the school’s neighbourhood. The class can name and list items that can be bought in different shops close to the school.

Local Shops

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

Supermarket

Identify, describe and compare the range of products that can be sold in a supermarket and role-play buying and paying for shopping lists

School Shop

Identify and describe the layout of different types of shops and role-play running a classroom shop to sell a range of products made by the class

  • Vehicles

    Vehicles

    Identify, describe and compare some of the different journeys that can be made by bus, train or plane for a range of purposes by families

  • School Counting

    School Counting

    Explain and model how to count, order and compare the numbers of special tools and equipment that can be used when working in school lessons

  • Family Visits

    Family Visits

    Practise selecting different vocabulary words to use when completing and composing poems about family visits to different locations

  • Push and Pull

    Push and Pull

    Identify, describe and test some of the different pushing and pulling forces that can be used to move a range of objects