Winter Wonderland - Cassop Primary School

Season

- Which season are we in? - What happens in this

season? - What do we see in this

season?

Clothing

- What should we wear to keep warm inside? - What should we wear to keep warm when we are

outside? - What can we put on our feet to keep them dry? - What can we put on our hands to keep them

warm?

Weather

- What is the weather like in winter? - What is the temperature like in winter? - What does it look like outside in winter? - How does the weather in winter compare

to the weather in summer?

Journey to a Winter Wonderland

Animals

- How do animals keep warm in the winter? - Where do animals live in the winter? - Which animals do we see in winter? - Which animals hibernate in winter? - How can we look after animals in the winter?

Places

- Which places are cold all year round? - Where do polar bears and penguins live? - Where would we find an igloo? - Which animals live in very cold places? - What do the animals eat in these places? - Where do the animals sleep in these cold places?

People

- How do people keep warm in the winter? - What can people do to their house to

keep it warm? - What can you use inside your house to

keep you warm? - What happens if people don't stay

warm? - How can you have fun in the winter? - What can you do with snow? - Eskimoes

Senses

- Explore materials in Lab Area - Can you describe how objects feel? - Can you describe what things look like? - Go on walk in snow ? what can you

hear? - Can you sort things according to

criteria? - Record adjectives on giant snowflake

Ongoing

- Letters and Sounds Phonic Games - Intervention groups (fine motor, gross motor,

listening and attention, cutting - Name writing - Reading ? 1-1, guided groups, buddy reading with

class 5, home reading) - Tricky words to read and spell - Number work - Shape, space, measures - Problem solving

Communication and Language

Literacy

Mathematics

- Describing weather conditions e.g. snow, rain, hailstone, how does it feel? Does it make a noise?

- Describe what a winter wonderland looks like - Play "Simon Says" - Listen to stories about winter - Respond to instructions on a treasure hunt for winter

clothing - Discussion about similarities and differences between

winter and summer - Explore the meaning of new feelings. The feelings on

the feelings baskets will be changed. - Recreate stories through role play using language and

communication skills. - Use talk to organise and clarify the events from a story.

- Reading: Letters and Sounds - Label drawing of warm clothing - Write name using different tools - Write labels for winter weather - Enjoy stories set in winter - Create signs and posters for the role

play area. - Write a list of warm clothing - Make a class book about how animals

keep warm in the winter. - Write sentences about winter ?

describing: snow, the temperature, the colours, the animals, the clothing, etc.

- Make a washing line of warm clothing with numbers 1 - 30 - Counting snowflakes, animals, clothing etc. - Addition/subtraction - Number bonds - Sorting: winter clothing and summer clothing. - Ordering: Cut and Stick the days of the week. Work in teams

to order numbers to 20 - Measure: The length of scarves and the heights of children

in class using hands as a measuring tool. - Comparing: Draw around hands, compare sizes. Make

handprints into snowflakes for the display. - Saying one more/one less than given number

Physical Development

Expressive Arts and Design

- Build a life size igloo from milk bottles (will be used for role play)

- Cotton wool and Shaving gel winter wonderland

- Collage snowmen - Paint a penguin - Collage picture of a "winter wonderland" - Shoe box winter wonderland - Different textures added to paint ? create a

Winter Wonderland from textured paint. - Observational drawings outside - Choose colours for a purpose (snow, rain, trees,

etc.) - Draw warm clothing - Handprint snowflakes

Winter Wonderland

Understanding the World

- Begin to understand where penguins and polar bears live

and why they do not naturally live in our country.

- Explore the characteristics of animals which live in cold

places. How do they keep warm? - Caring for animals and people in the winter - Sort the animals which we see in the winter from the

animals which hibernate in the winter - What is an igloo? - Where would we find an igloo? - Who stays in an igloo? - How is an igloo built? What materials are used? - Why is it warmer inside an igloo than outside?

- Experiment with different ways of moving the body.

- Emotion Dances (angry: stamping feet, scared: tiptoeing)

- Use their body to negotiate space successfully. - Use tools to effect changes to materials. - Handle tools, objects and construction materials

safely. - Holds and uses a pencil successfully.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Discuss how we should treat other people.

Discuss the consequences of treating people badly.

How will people feel if you treat them badly? How will they then treat you?

Share ideas on how we can look after ourselves and others during winter?

Creative

Exploration

Sand/Water

- Cotton wool - Paint - Feathers - Lolly sticks - Glue sticks - Scissors - Glitter - Sequins - Paper/card/sugar paper - Tissue paper - Make hand and footprints in shaving gel. - Build an igloo from shaving gel and cotton wool - Sensory collage materials: cotton wool, fur, bubble wrap,

cardboard, sequins, etc. - Experiment with different textures of paint (glitter, rice, sequins

and flour added). - Build an igloo from play dough - Cotton wool snowmen - Make an igloo from junk model materials - Fur collage of a polar bear - Cotton wool snowman

- Play dough - Shaving gel - Gloop - Bubble bath - Explore senses through a variety of materials

and textures. - Experiment with shaving gel and cotton wool - Corn flour and water - Explore textured play dough (sand, glitter,

sequins added to play dough) use a variety of cutters.

Winter Wonderland

- Explore dry / wet sand - Add textured materials e.g. rice,

glitter, sequins, pasta, etc. - Food colouring - Bubble bath - Soap flakes and whisks - Make gloop (cornflour + water):

explore for sensory use. Hide objects in coloured slime. - Add different scents to the water - Make patterns in sand with hands, toes, fingers etc. - Write name and numbers in the sand. - Hide objects in sand and guess what they are.

Computers

Draw a winter wonderland using Paint.

Role Play

- Life size Igloo - Warm clothing - Snowflakes - Penguins - Polar bears - Food - Lake - Fish - Fishing rods - Camp chairs

Writing Area

- Chalk - Pens - Pencils - Whiteboard pens - Highlighters - Colouring pencils - Outdoors using chalk - Labels for where everything goes inside the igloo - Make a list of animals that hibernate - Write about how an igloo is built - Write about the weather outside

Construction

- Use hands to explore a range of construction materials.

- Train Set - Large Lego blocks - Normal Lego - Wooden Blocks - Marble run - Make bird cakes to

hang from trees.

Play educational winter and animal games from Espresso.

Draw a penguin and polar bears on Paint.

Health & Safety

- Beware of children with any allergies during sensory activities e.g. sensitive skin, provide gloves or wash hands well with soap and add cream.

- Ensure children know how to use scissors safely.

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