W/c 19th June – Rosie’s Walk

19 Jun 2023Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Look at the story Rosie’s Walk and ask questions
• Introduce the Little Red Hen story
• Hand print fox or hen prints
• Follow the playground walk game
• Den building
• Make aspects of the story using playdoh
• Number bonds – hens and nests
• Take apples from the tree using tweezers
• Make Rosie’s Walk in the sand pit
• Use Bee Bot to programme a journey
• Draw a map of the farm Rosie walks through
• Sequence the story
• Investigate eggs, raw and cooked
• Learn Graduation songs
• Sports Day practice

W/c 5th June – Pets

7 Jun 2023Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Talk about ways we can help care for pets
• Share information about our pets
• Sing animal songs
• Make tally/bar chart about our pets
• Make animals with shapes
• Vets theme role play
• Feed the cat using tweezers
• Spell name with magnetic letters and write
• Move like animals
• Read animal stories
• Make animal paintings
• Animal hospital tuff spot

W/c 22nd May – Dinosaurs

22 May 2023Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Look at fiction and non fiction books on dinosaurs
• Learn new vocabulary e.g archaeologist
• Go on a dinosaur hunt
• Sort the dinosaurs by colour and type
• Dinosaur threading cards
• Make a dinosaur from the shapes
• Release the dinosaurs from frozen eggs
• Measure dinosaurs and sort by size
• Dinosaur tuff spot
• Add playdough spikes to dinosaurs
• Dotty dinosaurs shape game
• Make dinosaurs with junk modelling
• Find dinosaur eggs in the sand

W/c 15th May – Volcanoes

15 May 2023Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Read “Volcano” story
• Learn facts about volcanoes
• share knowledge of fire, fire safety and if this is the same with a volcano
• Fizzy paint pictures
• Fill the volcanoes with rice “lava”
• Build volcanoes in the sand
• Dinosaur land small world play
• Create volcanoes using shapes
• Floor is lava game with shapes on the playground
• Blow painting on volcanoes
• Make marks in the mud with dinosaurs
• Cut and sequence volcanoes
• Make rainclouds in jars

W/c 9th May – Superworm

10 May 2023Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Read themed stories – Superworm, Snail & the Whale, Twist & Hop
• Talk about being kind & gentle to minibeasts
• Move worms using magnets
• Thread beads to make worms
• Play beetle game with friends
• Rescue worms from jelly with tweezers
• Sort worms by size
• Fill pollen tray with “nectar” using pipettes
• Move like different mini beasts
• Dancing worms experiment
• Find metal things in soil using detectors
• Learn new facts about mini beasts
• Play stuck in the mud
• Draw & measure worms
• Use wool & paint to make trails

W/c 2nd May – Hungry caterpillar & mini beats

3 May 2023Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Read themed stories e.g Hungry caterpillar & the crunching munching caterpillar
• Follow clues to guess the bug in the sack
• Thread cereal to make caterpillars
• Garden themed tuff spot
• Favourite fruit bar chart
• Learn caterpillar life cycle
• Make signs for garden centre role play
• Continue to watch our seeds & support growth
• Make paint print caterpillars
• Look at butterfly symmetry
• Move spiders along gutter
• Insect themed songs
• Retell story on stage using instruments
• CORONATION PARTY! – Red, white & blue clothes. Normal am session, no lunch or pm sessions. Parents to arrive from 11:45am after which point all children must be accompanied. Picnic food – let Lou know what you can bring!

W/c 24th April – Growing continued

24 Apr 2023Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Oliver’s Fruit, Oliver’s Vegetables
• Show care & concern for mini beasts
• Café role play area with sandwich bar
• Record the fruits we like in a bar chart
• Look at life cycle books
• Garden centre role play – outdoors
• Add flowers to pot using dice
• Mini beasts tuff spot with magnifying glass
• Thread leaves on pipe cleaners
• Move water along marble run
• Growing beans experiment – grow in different conditions
• Make wormery
• Fill & empty plants pots with soil
• Look inside fruit & vegetables at the seeds & plant some