This literacy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe common characters, settings and themes used in traditional stories and suggest story changes using role-play and written composition. The class can record changes to the story of Goldilocks using alternative characters and settings.

Identify and describe common characters, settings and themes used in traditional stories and suggest story changes using role-play and written composition

Lesson One : Goldilocks

Identify and record some of the different characters, settings and themes that have been used in a traditional story

Lesson Two : Fairy Tale Sentences

Devise and complete a range of different sentences to identify the sequence of events in a fairy tale

Lesson Three : Fairy Tale Questions

Select and record some of the questions that can be used to explore different characters that feature in a fairy tale

Lesson Four : Fairy Tale Puppets

Select and role-play dialogue to use with puppets to illustrate some of the events that happened in a fairy tale

Lesson Five : Story Books

Design and produce pages for a story book describing some of the changes that could be made to a fairy tale

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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

  • Family Holiday

    Family Holiday

    Identify and recount events and experiences to describe what happened when on holiday at the seaside using sentences in the past tense

  • Money Shopping

    Money Shopping

    Investigate and model some of the number skills that need to be used when working with money on a shopping trip

  • Supporting Others

    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