This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to 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. The can list clothing that can be worn for a specific season of the year.

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

Lesson One : Summer or Winter

Identify, describe and compare some of the typical weather patterns that can be experienced between different seasons of the year

Lesson Two : Snow and Ice

Identify and describe some of the common weather patterns that can occur during the winter season and how snow and ice can form at this time of the year

Lesson Three : Temperature

Explore, test and describe some of the changes that can happen to water resulting from cold weather during the winter season

Lesson Four : Snowflakes

Investigate, describe and record how the natural world can change during a snowstorm which might occur during the winter season

  • Owl and the Pussycat

    Owl and the Pussycat

    Explore and role-play the sequence of events and language used in a traditional poem and investigate and spell cvc words with the same initial sounds

  • Story Sentences

    Story Sentences

    Practise writing example sentences to describe some of the different events and settings that feature in the traditional story poem of the Owl and the Pussycat

  • Story Map

    Story Map

    Design and produce a map to record a journey that is being described in a traditional story to show the sequence of events and locations that feature in the narrative

  • Story Journeys

    Story Journeys

    Suggest, describe and record some of the alternative events that might occur in a story based on the narrative sequence of a traditional tale