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Garden Measurements
This numeracy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise using vocabulary words and non-standard measurements to find and compare the length of different things that can found in a garden. The class can make lists of objects to match the measurement words for length and height.
Garden Heights
Practise sorting some different types of plants and flowers that are grown in a family garden into matching groups by their height
Leaf Lengths
Investigate and record how to compare and order some different leaves found in a garden location by their matching lengths using non-standard measurements
Flower Heights
Explore and record how to use some non-standard measurements to measure the height of different flowers that can be found in garden areas around the school grounds
Park Trees
explore how to select and use special vocabulary words to describe and compare the sizes of some different trees that can be found in a local park
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School Friends
Investigate, describe and model some of the special ways of providing practical, spiritual and emotional support to other pupils in the school
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School Pictograms
Explore how to count and record the numbers of different pieces of school equipment that can be found in trays stored around the classroom
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Listening Skills
Develop and refine listening skills when practising how to follow commands and instructions when playing games and role-playing actions
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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