Aims

Here is a selection of activities and links to our curriculum.

Personal , Social and Emotional Development

• Transitioning back into the school routine after the Christmas break.

The Arts

• Artistic learning opportunities will continue to be created through a variation of resources, for example, making snowballs (cookery).

Physical Development and Movement

• To continue to focus upon fine motor development such as pencil control and scissor skills.

Early Mathematical Experiences 

• Reinforce shape, size and colour throughout the course of play.
• The different stages of the freezing and melting of ice.
• To emphasise the importance using mathematical language through play: heavy, light, heavier, lighter, full, empty.

World Around Us

• The different habitats in which polar animals live (The Artic and Antarctic).
• The difference between the Artic and Antarctic (The Artic is at the top of the world and The Antarctic is at the bottom of the world).
• Who lives in the Artic and Antarctic (Indigenous people such as The Inuit community).
• The different types of polar animals (Penguin, Artic Hare, Seal, Artic Fox, Polar Bear, Whale, Fish, Snowy Owl, Wolf, Cariobou, Husky).

Language Development

• To develop knowledge and understanding of the world around them by focusing on language associated with climate and the changes in weather.