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W/c 30th June 25 – Sharing a shell / Rainbow fish

  • Read stories like Commotion in the Ocean, Rainbow fish, Sharing a shell.
  • Sing sea life themed songs.
  • Aeroplane using large blocks.
  • Discuss how to be a good friend.
  • Make playdough sea creatures.
  • Paint with sand paint.
  • Use magnetic shapes to build seaside objects.
  • Catch the fish and ducks.
  • Play volleyball in the sand.
  • Collect coins with the magnet.
  • Seaside tuff tray.
  • Make sea creatures.
  • Draw a picture of our friends.
  • Match the phonic sound.
  • How far can you roll the ball?
  • Design a sandcastle.

W/c 23rd June 2025 – Growing up / Going to school

  • Read ‘The Colour Monster Goes to School’, ‘When I Grow Up’, ‘Going to School’.
  • Make self portraits.
  • Draw around each other and add features.
  • Wash dolls in water tray.
  • Think about what school will be like.
  • Sports practice.
  • Make up stories with figures.
  • Put on shoes independently.
  • Add candles to playdough cakes.
  • Measure the children and order by size.
  • What are my favourite things.
  • Sort objects by colour.
  • How I’ve grown.
  • Talk about what they’ve learnt.

W/c 9th & 16th June 2025 – What the Ladybird Heard / What the ladybird heard next.

  • Talk about the trip to the farm.
  • Look at non fiction books about farm life.
  • Read Ladybird heard stories.
  • Farm vets role play area.
  • Draw paths on playground and follow on bikes.
  • Name animals on the farm.
  • Play ring games: Duck duck goose.
  • Make farm animal masks.
  • Match adult and baby animals.
  • Bury magnetic objects in sand.
  • Goats milk / cheese tasting.
  • Kim’s game, guess the animals with clues.
  • Identify animal name initial sounds.
  • Make homes for animals with construction.
  • Animal songs: old Macdonald, Baa Baa…
  • Count out correct amount of animals.

W/c 2nd June 2025 – Billy Goats Gruff

  • Read story with props.
  • Consider the problem in the story, how can this be solved?
  • Vets role play area.
  • Painting characters from the story.
  • Try goats cheese and milk.
  • Get water to travel using methods.
  • Story tuff tray.
  • Use grass to create in mud kitchen.
  • Build bridges with shaped blocks.
  • Cut hair on the troll.
  • Make raft / boat for animals to cross water.
  • Look at pictures of famous bridges and measure with cubes.
  • Sensory story.
  • Over and under obstacle course.
  • Mould and manipulate sand to shapes.
  • Build using different shapes.

W/c 19th May 2025 – Bees-World Bee Day

  • Learn about the bee life cycle.
  • Read Bee Story, That’s not my bee.
  • Make honey biscuits.
  • Make bees with wool and pinecones.
  • Play where’s the bee with positional language clues.
  • Dance with streamers to Flight of the Bumblebee.
  • Have toast with honey.
  • Match lowercase and uppercase letters.
  • Collect pom pom pollen with tweezers.
  • Use balls for different purposes.
  • Make playdough bees.
  • Use pippettes to move water into honeycomb.
  • Bee number bands.

W/c 12th May 2025 – Jack & the Beanstalk

  • Read and retell Jack and the Beanstalk.
  • Themed tuff tray.
  • Measure giant’s footprints with cubes.
  • Draw around and measure our own feet.
  • Order the story in sequence.
  • Grown bean in 3 conditions in key groups.
  • Play shopping game.
  • Throw balls in target and record how many.
  • Build beanstalks with blocks and count.
  • Build castles from magnatiles in groups.
  • Create foam “clouds” in water tray.
  • Use tweezers to find beans in soil.
  • Beanstalk hopscotch on playground.
  • Monitor and care for our seeds.
  • Fill pots with correct amount of water.
  • Thread leaves on string to make beanstalk.

W/c 5th May 2025 – How did we grow?

  • Songs and rhymes – Lulu’s garden, Ruby plants a reddish, Mary Mary.
  • Non-fiction books about growing, plant life cycle.
  • Role play picnic outside.
  • Grow sunflowers.
  • Café area near mud kitchen.
  • Add apples to the tree using dice.
  • Small world farm.
  • Make vegetables in play dough.
  • Tuff spot with compost, trowels, pots.
  • Draw fruit and vegetables with chalk.
  • Use still life technique to plant flowers.
  • Match phonics sounds to vegetables.
  • Vegetable hunt in the sand.
  • Use cubes to measure different vegetables.
  • Look at vegetables with magnifying glass.