Handling Data and the Northern Ireland Census
Foundation Stage
Are you ready Foundation Stage?
Let’s Count! developed by CCEA in partnership with Census 2021 and supported by NISRA.
Multiple ready to use presentations, video and audio clips, games and other teacher notes and pupil resources.
Learn to count, sort, match and share fairly at the ice-cream shop, find out about travelling to school with Town Mouse and his cousin Country Mouse, hunt for hens all the colours of the rainbow and discover how bread is made with Little Red Hen.
Lesson 1: We All Count (Population)
Learners find out that the census is similar to the counting, sorting and matching they do in class and how to use data to make better decisions.
Interactive Game: Comparing Sets of Ice Creams
Lesson 2: Town or Country? (Settlements)
Learners watch Aesop’s fable The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse, begin to understand the difference between town and country life and how we can like different things and still be friends.
Lesson 3: Getting to School (Transport)
Learners explore how children in Northern Ireland travel to school, conduct a mini census to compare how they travel themselves, and discover some of the surprising ways children in other countries get to school.
Lesson 4: Working Together (Occupations)
Learners talk about lockdown and key workers, explore the colours of rainbows (and moonbows), and watch the story of The Little Red Hen to understand why we must all help each other.
