Christmas World

This geography scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how different countries around the world celebrate Christmas by following special customs and traditions that reflect religious and secular stories. The class can compose recounts and reports to make comparisons and highlight differences.

Explore how different countries around the world celebrate Christmas by following a range of special customs and traditions that reflect religious and secular stories

Lesson One : Festival of Santa Lucia

Plan and hold a school procession to explore and illustrate some of the special ways that Christmas is celebrated by families in Sweden

Lesson Two : Christmas in Germany

Research and write a recount about what might happen when visiting relatives in Germany to describe some of their special Christmas traditions

Lesson Three : Italian Christmas Calendar

Record and sequence some of the special events and traditions that can illustrate how Christmas is celebrated by families in Italy

  • Calculation Solutions

    Calculation Solutions

    Use standard written methods of addition and subtraction to check calculated sums using inverse operations and solve problems with multi-step solutions

  • Number Races

    Number Races

    Identify and practise how to use the correct standard written number calculations when adding and subtracting different pairs of four and five digit numbers

  • Family Party

    Family Party

    Explain and model how to use standard written addition and subtraction calculations to select items needed for a family celebration to match a specific money budget

  • Robot Factory

    Robot Factory

    Practise using standard written addition and subtraction calculations to solve different number word problems about products that could be made by robots in a factory