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DRY LAND TOPIC
Reception/Y1 class - autumn term - Friday mornings
Time Table
8.30 -9.00 - Carpet time: register, sing with Y2/3 class, tell the children the mornings activities.
9.00 - 10.00 - Topic lesson:
10.00 -10.15 - Break
10.15 -10.30 - Choose time
10.30 - 11.20 - Continue topic lesson
11.20 - 11.30 - Story
11.30 -12.00 - ‘Good work’ prayers
Biblical aims:
During this term the children will learn:
- that God created the Dry Land on day three of creation
- that God provided the soil in which the crops could grow in order to give us food to eat
- to understand that God is our provider and He sustains all things
- the story of Joseph as recorded in Genesis chs.37-50
- Romans 8 v 28 and how this relates to the life of Joseph
- that Christians are not immune from the trials and difficulties of this life
- that Joseph was raised up by God to do a very special job
- that God was fulfilling His promise which he gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, through Joseph
- Joseph remained faithful to God even when many things went wrong for him. He realized that God was in control (Gen.45 v
7&8)
- Joseph didn’t hold any bitterness or hatred towards his brothers who had been so unkind and cruel to him. In fact he forgave
them because he could see the much bigger picture; that God was in control of all the happenings in his life (Gen 50 v 19-21)
- that anger , envy and bitterness can lead to hatred which can result in doing very wrong things , like the ten brothers hatred of
their brother Joseph led them to want him dead and to sell him into slavery
- that it is important to control our emotions and feeling and ask God to help us when we have wrong feelings towards someone
or when we are finding it hard to forgive
Craft/art/D.T aims:
- know what the primary colours are and do some colour mixing to find out what other colours can be made from the three
primary colours
- design a pattern on Joseph’s coat and paint it, carefully and accurately (staying within the lines), using primary colours (Y1)
- using primary colours paint, in the pattern on Joseph’s coat (rec)
- to hold and use a paint brush correctly
- make their own clay thumb pot
- experiment with mud/soil colours to create a picture
Baking aims: (provide cross curricular links in maths, English and science)
- teach basic food hygiene
- learn different baking method
- learn vocabulary associated with baking
- follow verbal instructions carefully and precisely
- learn that accurate measuring is essential
- become familiar with baking terms
- know how to weigh and measure and what units we use for this
- understand where are food comes from
- see the importance of Dry Land (soil) for the production of the food we enjoy
- learn how different materials (ingredients) change during the baking process
English aims:
- Share and teach the children about the life of Joseph using books, pictures and word cards
- make a large, class, story book on Joseph (Y1)
End of term Task
- make a ‘zigzag’ book on the life of Joseph. This involves ordering and sequencing of pictures, cutting and sticking .The Y1
children will write underneath the picture to tell the story in their own words.
DRY LAND TOPIC
Weekly lesson plan - autumn term 2009
DATE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES RESOURCES
1 Bible topic: read from a children’s version of the bible the account of Whiteboard
creation in Gen.ch 1. Emphasize that on day 3 God created the dry land. 7 creation pictures (x10)
Order the days of creation pictures and colour in. Bibles
2 Bible topic: Introduce Joseph; establish what the children already know Bible
about him. Read Gen 37 v1-11 and show coloured pictures to help them to Whiteboard
understand the story. Laminated coloured pictures
Complete primary colour mixing work sheet. and key word cards
Design and paint, using primary colours, the A3 Joseph coat. Worksheet ‘Colour mixing’
Watch the Joseph video for 15 minutes then discuss to check the enlarged to A3 (x11)
children’s understanding of the story so far. Paints (red yellow blue)
Fine paintbrushes
A3 Joseph’s coat sheet (x11)
Joseph video
3 Baking: rock buns - rubbing in method. Model the rubbing in method Non-fiction book on rocks
pointing out the use of finger tips to rub the fat into the flour, explain Baking equipment and
why. ingredients
Topic: Share a non-fiction book about rocks before baking. Think about
rock shapes and textures.
4 Bible topic: Introduce memory verse - Rom. 8 v28. Start to get the Bible
children to memorize it. Recap on the life of Joseph so far and continue, Whiteboard
read Gen. 37 v 12-36. Use pictures to help in telling the story. Talk about Joseph story pictures
the different emotions that each of the characters are feeling. Emphasize Non-fiction book on clay
Joseph’s emotions, how would they feel to be in his shoes? Think about Clay
descriptive words to describe the pit he was thrown into, write them on
whiteboard.
Show the children a lump of clay and explain that it comes from under the
ground. Let the children play with a small lump of clay and discuss together
what it is like (feel, smell, colour and texture).
Look up scripture verses (Isaiah 64 v8, Psalm 40 v 2 & Romans 9 v 21) with
reverence to the potter and clay and explain them.
Make clay thumb pots
Watch 15 minutes of Joseph video
5 Joseph continued. The brother’s behaviour was sinful and led to them lying Bible
to their father. Jacob is heart broken. Whiteboard
Spend some time thinking and talking about the brother’s and Jacob’s Non-fiction books on silver
reactions and emotions. The result of envy/ jealousy and hatred was
heartache, grief and despair. Clay thumb pots & paint
Joseph was sold into slavery for 20 shekels of silver. Do the children know
where silver comes from? Explain that is a God given natural resource from memory verses; Rom 8 v 28
out of the earth. What kind of things do we use silver for? & Isaiah 64 v8
Recap on clay from last week and compare and contrast it with silver.
Paint the clay thumb pots from last week.
Recap memory verse Rom 8 v 28 and introduce another Isaiah 64 v8
Weather permitting look closely at soil in the garden talk about its texture
and colour. Bring some soil into the classroom. What colours can they see?
Investigate soil colours and use them to paint a pattern.
6 Bible topic: Recap on what we already know about the life of Joseph. Bible
Summarize Gen.39 &40 telling the story of Joseph’s first few years in Whiteboard
Egypt. Joseph story pictures
Check if children have remembered the memory verse - Rom. 8 v 28 think Non fiction books on Egypt
about this in the light of Joseph’s life so far. Joseph video
Think about life in Egypt and how different it would have been for Joseph ‘Shrinkie’ material
than when he lived in Canaan. I.e., a different country = different culture, Egyptian design
costume, food, religion, language, landscape. Key rings
Share a book about life in Egypt in bible times and now.
Make memory verse pyramid and put the first two memory verses on them.
Make a key ring ‘shrinkie’ with an Egyptian design. See if the children can
explain why the material shrinks after being in the oven.
Watch 15 minutes of the Joseph video and discuss.
HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM
7 Bible topic: See how much the children remember of the life of Joseph Bible
from last half terms lessons. Who can remember the memory verses? Whiteboard
Continue the story of Joseph, read Gen. 41 - Joseph’s rise to power. Picture cues
What is a famine? What causes famine? Laminated key words
Have key words available and pictures to assist them. Joseph video
Watch 15 minutes of the Joseph video. The baker and cupbearer
Make the baker and cupbearer story cubes. story cubes
Teach and learn a new memory verse from James 1v 12 and stick onto their Memory verses
pyramid.
Start work on the illustrations for the big class book on Joseph. Get the
children to draw pictures of the different major events in Joseph’s life.
8 Baking: - bread slugs and snails – kneading. Ask the children if they know Baking equipment and
where flour comes from. Establish that most flour is made from wheat ingredients
which is a crop grown by farmers in fields.
Watch 15 minutes of the Joseph video.
9 Bible topic: Recap children’s grasp of the story of Joseph so far, then Bible
summarize the rest of Joseph’s life - Gen. Ch. 42-50. Joseph’s brothers go Whiteboard
to Egypt. Joseph reveals himself to his brothers on their 2nd trip for food. Joseph video
Joseph sends for his father, Jacob and the family of Israel settles in the Zigzag books
land of Goshen. Paper &pencils
Continue working on the big class book of Joseph. Writing journals
Finish watching the Joseph video. Letter land material
10 Bible topic: Why did Joseph put his silver cup into Benjamin’s sack? Small cups spray painted
Joseph was testing his brothers to see if they were now honest. He found silver
the brothers to be honest men and so he revealed himself to them and
wonderfully forgave them. Talk to the children about the gospel and Jesus
being willing to forgive our sin if we ask Him and are truly sorry for them.
Each child will design and paint a tiny silver cup. They will use cotton wool
buds instead of paint brushes
11 Remind the children of the true meaning of Christmas. Share a Christmas Baking equipment and
story book with the children. ingredients
Baking:
As a group make shining star biscuits.
12 Assessment Task: Assessment task
Make ‘zigzag’ books on Joseph. The children will need to order 8 ‘Zigzag’ books
pictures, colour them in and stick them in their books. The Y1 children will Joseph story pictures
write a short sentence or paragraph to go with each illustration
Memory verse
‘And we know that all things work together
for good to those who love God, to those
who are the called according to His purpose.’
Romans 8 v 28
