Winter

This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate the effect of winter on different landscapes and animals. The class identify and record how animals have adapted to living in cold conditions in a range of habitats around the world.

Winter Weather
Explore how the weather changes during winter and its effect on the natural world including how water can freeze and turn to ice when the temperature falls below zero

Winter Animals
Explore how animals adapt to the changes to the natural world in the winter including animals that live in Britain and other habitats such as the arctic
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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