Winter Weather
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
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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