Phase: Foundation Stage
Literacy
Term: 3
Mathematics
Year: 2014/15
Knowledge and
Expressive Arts and
Understanding inc:
Design inc: Art,
RE, History,
Design, Music,
Geography, Science
Week 2
12th January
Cold Weather – Ice/Animals
Week 1
5th January
Cold Weather - snow
Text: Winter books –
snow related.
Elmer and the Snow
Percy the Park Keeper
books.
Shared Writing:
What I got for
Christmas
Counting:
Recite numbers to 20,
then 100.
Count back from at
least 10 to zero.
Order numerals to at
least 10.
Count up to 20 objects.
Topic: Weather (Science)
Revise what is
Christmas? What did we
do at Christmas? How
did we celebrate
Christmas in our
families?
Introduce the topic
(weather). What is the
weather like during
Winter? What do we
wear in winter? What
games can we play in
winter (inside/outside)?
PSED, CL, PD: Adults to be making observations in these areas.
Text: Winter books –
Talk about Frozen:
Counting:
animal related.
Ordinal numbers.
What kinds of weather
Polar bear, polar bear,
Begin to estimate
do you see when it’s
what do you see?
quantities, e.g. choose
cold?
from 5, 10 or 20.
What happens to ice?
Non-fiction texts on
Count actions and
(ice hands/balloons,
animals in cold climates
sounds.
coloured ice cubes over
time/in water play, etc)
What kind of animals
Shared Writing:
What do I know about
live in the cold? What
polar bears
do we know about them?
PSED, CL, PD: Adults to be making observations in these areas.
Roleplay
Question: What is the weather today?
Focused Groups
PE
And Observations
Discrete
ICT
Family
Any other
Links
info
for F1’s
Indoor
Outdoor
Writing/rea
ding/maths
groups – see
individual
planning
Counting
games,
exploring
ice outside
(in tyres),
Photos of
spider webs.
Travelling:
Lesson 1
(Val Sabin
scheme)
Snow/Ice
pictures on
2simple &
purple mash
Personal
Power
session 2
Writing/rea
ding/maths
groups – see
individual
planning
Focus on
number
outside –
skittles, no
track to 20,
chalking
numbers etc
Travelling:
Lesson 2
(Val Sabin
scheme)
Cold
weather
animal
pictures on
2simple &
purple mash
Choices and
consequence
s session 2
Technology
M – INSET
T – block paints /
marble rolling
W – Sponge printing in
‘cold’ colours for role
play
Th – snowflakes
Fr – snow picture finger
painting
Snow dough (using
cornflour)
Junk modelling – making
what we got for
Christmas (could happen
throughout the week).
M- block paints
T – Ice pictures (e.g.
marble rolling)
W – Winter animals for
displays
Th – Winter animals for
displays
F – Hand prints in hot &
cold colours (counting in
5s display)
Hot and cold
climate –
igloo and
winter
house and
Ice Castle.
Interest
tables weather
Hot and cold
climate –
igloo and
winter
house and
Ice Castle.
Interest
tables weather
INSET day
05/01/15 –
school
starts
Tuesday
Text:
Incy Wincy Spider
Week 3
19th January
Rain
Shared Writing:
What sounds does rain
make? (The rain goes…)
Shape and space
Data handling:
Sort and describe 2D
shapes.
Symmetry.
Name rectangles,
squares, circles and
triangles.
Sort other objects
using given criteria.
Why do we need rain?
Where does it come
from? How can we keep
dry?
Rain sounds –
rainstick/shakers
Sorting welly boots,
counting in pairs
M – block paints
T- make
rainstick/shakers
W – decorate
rainstick/shakers
Th – Umbrella-shaped
pictures for displays
(patterns/shapes
decorations)
F – Finger painting in
blues – rainy picture
Hot and cold
climate –
igloo and
winter
house and
Ice Castle.
M – Block paints
T- rainbow pictures
W- bag kites
T – - bag kites
F – Marble rolling
Hot and cold
climate –
igloo and
winter
house and
Ice Castle.
Interest
tables weather
Writing/rea
ding/maths
groups – see
individual
planning
Travelling:
Lesson 3
(Val Sabin
scheme)
Rainy day
pictures on
2simple &
purple mash
Managing
Anger:
session 2
Travelling:
Lesson 4
(Val Sabin
scheme)
Windy
pictures on
2simple &
purple mash
Gentle
touch and
hurting
hands:
session 2
Travelling:
Lesson 5
(Val Sabin
scheme)
Sunny day
pictures on
2simple &
purple mash
Telling
others,
Keeping
secrets:
session 2
Learning
songs for
nativity play
Week 5
2nd February
Sunny weather/Hot climates
Week 4
26th January
Wind
Start Science project –
waterproofing teddy
bear
PSED, CL, PD: Adults to be making observations in these areas.
Text: This is the Bear
and the Scary Night
(Sarah Hayes)
Home by Dark (Ian
Beck)
Something Bigger
Elmer and the Wind
Adding (one and two
more):
Say the next number
(without counting from
1).
Add 1 to any number.
Add 2 to any number up
to 10.
Read the corresponding
addition.
Three Little Pigs - song
from 3 Singing Pigs.
Start to explore
materials for building,
effect of wind/weather.
Pattern:
Continue a repeating
pattern with three
colours/shapes/objects.
Symmetrical patterns.
What kind of animals
live in warm climates?
What do we know about
them? What do they
eat?
Make gyroscopes
Interest
tables weather
Continue Science
Shared Writing:
Speech Bubbles – what
project – waterproofing
is the teddy saying?
teddy bear
PSED, CL, PD: Adults to be making observations in these areas.
Text: More Elmer
books.
Rumble in the Jungle
Other jungle books.
Shared Writing
Walking through the
Jungle – what do you
see?
Continue to explore
materials for building,
effect of wind/weather
PSED, CL, PD: Adults to be making observations in these areas.
M – block paints
T- hot colours printing
in patterns
W- Sponge painting hot
colours in shapes
T- finger painting hot
colours
F- handprints hot
colours
Hot and cold
climate –
igloo and
winter
house and
Ice Castle.
Interest
tables weather
Writing/rea
ding/maths
groups – see
individual
planning
Rehearsing
for nativity
play (both R
classes)
Writing/rea
ding/maths
groups – see
individual
planning
Practising
for nativity
play (R &
Nursery
chdn)
Rainy Walk.
Visit library
for session?
Week 6
9th February
Sunny weather/Hot climates
Text: Continue with
jungle stories.
e.g. Giraffes Can’t
Dance, Tiger child,
Tinga Tinga Tales.
Oral story telling –
Monkeys and the
Hatmaker.
Addition (story of
ten):
Find different ways to
partition sets of ten
objects.
Read the corresponding
addition.
Early subtraction –
Guess how many are
hiding.
What do we wear as the
weather gets warmer?
What games can we play
inside/outside?
What countries have
hot weather a lot of the
time?
Shared Writing:
What would you take on
safari?
PSED, CL, PD: Adults to be making observations in these areas.
M – Block paints
T – Jungle animals
W - Jungle animals
T - Elmer Day
elephants,
F- Large printing for
next display/role play
Hot and cold
climate –
igloo and
winter
house and
Ice Castle.
Interest
tables weather
Writing/rea
ding/maths
groups – see
individual
planning
Travelling:
Lesson 6
(Val Sabin
scheme)
Hot weather
pictures on
2simple &
purple mash
Glad to be
me: session
2