1. Activities ICT and Digital Competance Class: Orange Date: Spring 2017
Topic: Weather Area: Humanities
Class: Orange Date: Spring 2017
Activities
Activities
Week 1 Frost Jack frost by Kazuno Kohara, Jack Frost in the Garden Brenda Williams. Walking around Flint experiencing the cold and the features of winter ie bare trees with no leaves, icy patterns on grass spiders webs etc
Week 2&3- Snow Kippers Snowy Day, Penguins –nonfiction, Snowman and Robin, Snow Carol Thompson, Big Bear Little Bear, Create a polar tray to investigate. Investigate the outdoor environment in winter and consider how the animals and bids as well as ourselves keep warm. Make bird feeders to help to look after the birds in winter when food is scarce.
Week4&5-Rain Alfie’s Feet, Rain, The Rainy Day. Look at and record the weather. Investigate puddles. Read The Rainy Day to learn how the water cycle works. Observe how the weather can change within a day and how we can adapt and make changes eg clotyhes and protection to take account of the changing weathet conditions.
Week 6 The Weather Monster, Elmers weather. Valentines Day –What Colour is Love. Children observe the weather, choose an appropriate symbol to represent the weather and record the weather for a week.
Week 7 Welsh Focus Week, Bore Da. Use the schools locality to celebrate being Welsh -visit the church, library and castle.
Week8&9 Wind One Stormy Night, Blown away, Wind, Rosie’s Hat The Windy Day. Children have the opportunity to feel the elements when outside and look at and feel how the weather changes. Pupils to make choices and communicate theiir responses when in the school and wider locality.
Week10&11 Sun, Sun Carol Thompson, Look at the sun, shadows and how the weather changes all the time in our country. Mothers Day using I love my mummy discuss what out Mummy’s do for us , why we love them and how we can show it.
Week11&12 Easter. Read the Easter story- reinforce the celebrations of Easter Sunday using all of the examples of new life in our environment with plant and animal life within the local area.
ICT and Digital Competance
Online behaviours- Attracts attention RfL39 A steps Observes moving animate items online
Digital wellbeing – Communicates more/ no more through two consistent actions RfL28 Looks backwards and forwards between two items RfL B Steps – show their emotions. State simple likes dislikes.
Digital Health- Express preference RfL41
Image and reputation -Express preference for items via symbolic means RfL A steps- Look at images
Plagiarism A Steps Responds differently to images of familiar people and images.
Digital rights and responsibility- RfL15 responds to personal identifier
A Steps- Identify image of themselves
Online Communities-Deliberately gains attention of another person to satisfy need RfL39
Presenting and Publishing- Shared attention RfL40
A Steps- shows preference for digital content
Sourcing/ sending- Selects from 2 or more items
A Steps Indicate a preference for digital activity
Understanding & processing- Random activities cause effect RfL19 Purposeful action on everyday env. RfL24, Intentional exploration of env. Repeats action when first attempt unsuccessful RfL 31
Problem solving- modifies action when repeating action does not work RfL 38. Tries new strategy when old ones fail RfL42
Modelling & Evaluating- Does different actions in sequence to get reward RfL35 Initiates action to achieve desired effect
Data collection A Steps-Explore& match object from choice of 2. B Steps Match identical objects or pictures

2. Foundation Phase Skills
Class: Orange Date: Spring 2017
Topic: Weather Area: Humanities
Skills
LNF Skills
Literacy-Reading
Shared attention [RfL 40]
Purposeful action on everyday environment [RfL 24]
Express preference for items not present via symbolic means [RfL 41]
Communicates ‘more’/‘no more’ through two different consistent actions [RfL 28]
show increased attention to some books, while discarding others- A Steps
Seek out ‘representational’ items, e.g. pictures, photos, tactile/flip flap books, etc A Steps
Attend with interest as an adult reads a story, look at, touch and manipulate the book at intervals. Asteps
Vocalise in response to a particular feature of a familiar story A Steps
Numeracy-Data Handling
Selects from two or more items [RfL 36]
Touch, point to or give an object to indicate an ‘answer’ in a number activity A Steps
match a very familiar object to a clear photo of an identical object BSteps
Foundation Phase Skills
Explore, and investigate the familiar world-(indoor and outdoor)
To encounter a stimulating env. which will encourage investigation and problem solving.
Encounter a number of different places- Library the castle, church ,park
Use their senses and communicate preferences and make choices- sight, touch, smell, taste.
Celebrating achievement.
To use a range of communication to express feelings about experiences.
To be able to respond to new routines & surroundings & to cope with change
To develop curiosity and with support be eager and confident to explore new learning situations.
To build relationships with adults and other children-experience care and respect
To develop concentration span.
To have opportunities to practise turn-taking and sharing
To gain a sense of belonging to class/school community.
To become aware of Wales and explore and experience the features of the locality around them
Value living things and appreciate the world around them.
Be aware that some things are special and valued
To celebrate achievement and feel good about themselves.
ICT and Digital Competency
Communicate more/no more
Anticiapate within social routines and express a preference 41 A steps
Look at images of themselves and photos of local area A steps
Purposeful actions on everyday environment – materials,etc24
Early problem solving- tries new strategy when old one fails 42
Initiates action to achieve desired effect.
Switch it weather program
Welsh language/ Curriculum Cymreig
Simple vocabulary weather, col.ours, labelling parts of body etc
Visits within locality within Flint and surrounding area