W/c 2nd December 2024 – Little Red Riding Hood

3 Dec 2024Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Retell the story with props/puppets
• Grandma’s Cottage role play
• Crime scene – where is Grandma hiding?
• Food theme Kim’s game
• Christmas craft
• Bingo dabber pictures
• Spray the chalk footprints
• Make pony bean candy canes
• Shape hunt in the sand
• Feely bag
• Make a map of the forest
• 1 minute movement challenge
• Make playdough trees
• Create small world with forest

W/c 25th November – Goldilocks & the three Bears

26 Nov 2024Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Retell the story using props
• Three Bears Cottage Role play area
• Crime scene: Who stole the porridge?
• Build junk modelling forest as a team
• Clay tree decoration
• Make bear faces using circles
• Make bears porridge in mud kitchen
• Make bear sandwich – talk about healthy fillings
• Sort bears, bowls, beds, chairs by size
• Porridge with spoons – sensory play
• Oats – pouring and filling
• Talk about feelings of characters

W/c 18th November – Three Little Pigs

19 Nov 2024Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Read the story using props.
• Make food for the pigs in the mud kitchen.
• Create A-B-A-B patterns.
• Design a house using different bricks.
• Make houses from lolly sticks.
• Make pigs from playdough.
• Use loose parts to create homes for pigs.
• Mark making in coloured sand.
• Work as a team to build houses.
• Order the story sequence.
• Three Little Pigs story map.
• Thread cheerios onto pipe cleaners.
• Number songs in the water.
• Use fans to blow down houses.

W/c 11th November – Artists & Fireworks

12 Nov 2024Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Talk about safety in the classroom
• Sing fireworks songs
• Make fireworks pictures outside using Jackson Pollock ideas
• Dance – move like fireworks
• Create catherine wheel pictures with glitter
• Chalk on black paper
• Continue to explore dark
• Make large swirl art in sand
• Use junk modelling to create rockets
• Make rockets with 2D shapes
• Pipettes in water with pots
• Use sparkly playdough
• Shape puzzles

W/c 4th November – Pumpkin Soup

5 Nov 2024Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Read stories with props
• Share half term experiences
• Pumpkin café – outside
• Play What’s the time Mr Pumpkin
• Take part in collaborative activity
• Stamp pumpkins and add faces
• Make shadow puppets in dark room
• Make potions
• Sing themed number songs
• Shape sponge painting
• Make pumpkin soup
• Build shapes in the sand
• Write recipes for soup
• Make marks in orange shaving foam
• Kick balls around obstacles
• Hammer golf tees into pumpkins

W/c 21st October – Diwali

21 Oct 2024Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Talk about the meaning of Diwali
• Make Diya lamps
• Dance to Hindi music
• Read story of Rama and Sita
• Make Rangoli patterns
• Use shapes on the lightbox to create patterns – look at symmetry
• Build bridges for the monkeys to cross
• Try Indian snacks on snack table
• Make shadow animals with torches and draw
• Draw Rangoli patterns on playground
• Transfer stars with spoon
• Create Mehndi patterns

W/c 14th October – Autumn

14 Oct 2024Uncategorized
Louise Gough

• Talk about what we need to wear outside
• Look at our Autumn treasure bags
• Read pumpkin soup
• Cosy themed role play
• Create outdoor dens
• Make marks in soil and mud
• Tree finger painting
• Autumn sensory tray
• Loose parts pictures with natural resources
• Autumn objects float & sink
• Talk about seasonal changes
• Leaf & bark rubbings
• Playdough hedgehogs with spaghetti
• Autumn treasure hunt
• Initial letter with natural resources
• Thread leaves on string
• Make snips to create dough hedgehogs
• Cut out leaf shapes