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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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
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Listening Skills
Develop and refine listening skills when practising how to follow commands and instructions when playing games and role-playing actions
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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