Unit K – Christmas Shopping
This numeracy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to solve a range of money problems about different things that families might need to buy to celebrate Christmas by adding money amounts within twenty. The class can use concrete objects and diagrams to count on when adding numbers.
Solve a range of money problems about different things that families might need to buy to celebrate Christmas by adding money amounts within twenty
Lesson One : Christmas Trees
Select a range of different ornaments to buy that can be used to decorate a Christmas tree and calculate their matching money totals
Lesson Two : Christmas Dinner
Select and calculate the cost of buying a range of different items of food for a family Christmas dinner
Lesson Three : Christmas Gifts
Calculate and record the cost of buying pairs of Christmas gifts for members of a family using money amounts to ten pence
Lesson Four : Christmas Cards
Model how to add pairs of single digit numbers to calculate the cost of buying cards for friends and family to celebrate Christmas
Lesson Five : Christmas Lists
Identify and record how to use counting on to add pairs of money amounts to ten pence to record the presents that have been placed in a stocking
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Easter Story
Explore and illustrate the main sequence of events in the Easter story and understand the role of different characters in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus
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Easter Shapes
Identify and describe the properties of different 2D shapes when creating food snacks and decorations to celebrate Easter
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School Events
Practise using storyboards to sequence some of the special events that might happen in a school by recording personal recounts
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Water
Explore, describe and illustrate the importance of water in the world including how it can be used by families for different purposes