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

  • Garden Measurements

    Garden Measurements

    Practise using vocabulary words and non-standard measurements to find and compare the length of different things that can found in a garden

  • Family Holiday

    Family Holiday

    Identify and recount events and experiences to describe what happened when on holiday at the seaside using sentences in the past tense

  • Money Shopping

    Money Shopping

    Investigate and model some of the number skills that need to be used when working with money on a shopping trip

  • Supporting Others

    Supporting Others

    Explore how to build strong and positive relationships with other pupils at school and family members at home through different situations and scenarios