Ice and Snow - Spring Term

Content Name

Ice and Snow - Spring Term

Content Type

WOW Lesson

Description

A topic fuelled by change. Whilst exploring familiar sensations and types of weather, children can also learn about more distant climates and cultures. Investigating different materials and changes in the natural world also supports early scientific skills.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  EYFS

  Years:

  Reception

  Subjects:

  • Communication and Language
  • Expressive Arts and Design
  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development
  • Physical Development
  • Understanding the World

  Topics:

  • ELG: The Natural World
  • ELG: Comprehension
  • ELG: Number
  • ELG: Fine Motor Skills
  • ELG: Creating with Materials
  • ELG: Speaking
  • ELG: Building Relationships
  • ELG: People, Culture and Communities

  Programmes of Study:

  • Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter
  • Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary
  • Have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number
  • Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery
  • Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function
  • Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher
  • Work and play cooperatively and take turns with others
  • Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps
  • Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when appropriate – maps
  • Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class

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