Nativity Scenes
This religious education scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to read and respond to the main events of the nativity story by using drama, role-play and art and design projects to make cards and decorations celebrating Christmas. The class can identify and sequence the main events in the nativity story.
Read and respond to the main events of the nativity story by using drama, role-play and art and design projects
Lesson One : Special Visitors
Identify, describe and role-play some of the different ways of preparing for a special visitor and suggest how to get ready for a celebration
Lesson Two : Advent Calendars
Identify and describe some of the special shapes and pictures that can be used to signify and celebrate the festive season
Lesson Three : Angel Gabriel
Identify and sequence a part of the nativity story about what happened when Mary was visited by the angel Gabriel
Lesson Four : Bethlehem
Use role-play and drama to understand and sequence the part of the nativity story about Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem
Lesson Five : The Shepherds
Select and record a selection of special gift ideas to give to Jesus in response to one scene from the nativity story
Lesson Six : Three Kings
Shape and combine a range of different materials to design and make Christmas star decorations to celebrate the birth of Jesus
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Animal Sizes
Practise using the correct vocabulary words to identify and describe the sizes of different animals that live in the world
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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
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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
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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