This numeracy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise using the correct vocabulary words to identify and describe the sizes of different animals that live in the world. The class can record lists of animals to show how they can be compared by their heights and lengths.

Animal Heights

Identify and match sets of statements to describe the height of a range of different animals using the vocabulary words of taller and shorter

Animal Lengths

Identify and match sets of statements to describe the length of a range of different animals using the vocabulary words of longer and shorter

Animal Words

Identify and match sets of statements to describe the sizes of a range of different animals using the vocabulary words of bigger and smaller

  • Holiday Shirts

    Holiday Shirts

    Produce items of clothing to wear on a holiday to a particular location by selecting and using shapes to represent different places

  • Robot Movements

    Robot Movements

    Explain and model how to control the direction and position of a robot when moving about the classroom to perform different functions

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Explore, role-play and change the sequence of narrative events that occur in a traditional story and select and match cvc words with the same final phoneme sounds

  • Summer Picnic

    Summer Picnic

    Select, identify and prepare different types of foods for a picnic including sandwiches and fruit juice drinks by compiling shopping lists for a class outing