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

  • Where I Live

    Where I Live

    Explore some of the different buildings, people and locations that can be found in the school neighbourhood and the local community

  • Family Homes

    Family Homes

    Investigate, describe and compare some of the different types of homes found in the local area around the school environment

  • Home Survey

    Home Survey

    Identify, name and compare some of the different objects that can be found in a family home for a range of special functions and purposes

  • Family Kitchens

    Family Kitchens

    Identify and describe some of the different objects that can be found and used in a kitchen in a family home for a range of functions