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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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
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Family Holiday
Identify and recount events and experiences to describe what happened when on holiday at the seaside using sentences in the past tense
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Money Shopping
Investigate and model some of the number skills that need to be used when working with money on a shopping trip
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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