This week we will:

• Talk about being kind and gentle to the bugs we find and the need to release them. (PSED, UTW, CL)
• Read ‘What the ladybird Heard’, talk about the characters (L, CL)
• Police station role play area (UTW, EAD)
• Use string worms to make marks with paint (EAD)
• Draw animals with the correct number of legs (M)
• Clap out syllables for insect names (L,M)
• Talk about/identify the rhyming words in the story (L.CL)
• Make a garden in the tuff spot (EAD, UTW)
• Are ladybirds circles/ovals? Find other circles/ovals (M).
• Use Tweezers to sort the bugs (PD)
• Make playdough bugs with playdough (EAD, PD, UtW)
• Look at the job of the farmer and police officer (UtW)
• Use computer to find out facts about ladybirds (UtW)
• Make bugs using potatoes and pebbles (EAD)
• Draw slug trails in chalk around the playground (EAD, L)

Next week is half term – Have a lovely weeks break!

This week we will:

• Read Rainbow Fish, Sharing a shell, Who is in the Sea? Commotion in the ocean. (L)
• Talk about sharing, taking turns and being kind to our friends (PSED)
• Make a textured sea creature using sand, bubble wrap, glitter (EAD)
• Use the stage for ‘Under the Sea’ show (EAD, CL)
• Number fish in the water (M,CL)
• Move the Bee Bot (UTW, CL, PD)
• Make sea creatures using 2D + 3D shapes (M)
• Play volleyball in the sand (PD)
• Seaside scene in the tuff spot (UTW, CL, EAD)
• make marks in coloured sand (PD)
• Make ocean music using instruments (EAD)
• Make waves using the parachute (PD, PSED)
• Feed the monster shapes (M)
• Make decorations for stage show eg Masks (EAD)
• Make loose part creatures (EAD, PD, UTW)

This week we will:

• Read ‘Dear Zoo’, ‘Noah’s Ark’, ‘Monkey Puzzle’ (L)
• Practise/learn Graduation songs (CL, EAD)
• Listen to animal sounds (CL)
• Write letters/draw pictures to the Zoo (PD, L)
• Link animals in twos (M)
• Play animal games – animal dominoes, snakes and ladders (PSED, M)
• Noah’s Ark tuff spot (UtW, EAD, L)
• Look at what wild animals come from eggs e.g snakes, crocodiles (UtW)
• Share stories/experiences of wild animals (PSED)
• What effect does exercise have on our bodies (PD)
• Learn new words for animal parents/babies (UtW)
• Songs in the water with props e.g Tiny Tim (L, CL, EAD)
• Farm or wild? Sorting game (UtW)
• Paint favourite wild animal (EAD, PD)
• Guess the animal by the description (CL, UtW)
• Build boats using sticks and shapes (PD, EAD)

This week we will:

• Vet role play area (UtW, PSED, EAD)
• Make animals using shape sponges (EAD, M)
• Sing animal songs (CL, EAD)
• Use patterns for animal prints (EAD)
• Link babies to animal mummies (UtW)
• Look at what comes out of eggs (UtW)
• Look at powerpoint to find out what farmers do (UtW)
• Use drawing programme to create animals (UtW)
• Read ‘Rosie’s Walk’, ‘Mrs Wishy Washy’, ‘Little Red Hen’ and a ‘Squash and a squeeze’ (L, CL)
• Sort the animals by size and colour (M)
• Colour by numbers farm pictures (EAD, M)
• Make animal homes using sticks to make shapes (M,PD)
• Make farm pictures with Tap-a-shapes (PD)
• Farm tuff spot (UtW)
• Scrub animals in Mrs Wishy Washy’s Tub (L, PD)
• Draw/paint favourite farm animal (EAD, L, PD)

This week we will:

• Talk about new life, recap life cycles and talk about how babies start life (PSED, UtW)
• Read new baby stories, Owl babies (L,CL)
• Baby clinic roe play area (EAD, UtW)
• Make ‘all about me flowers’ (EAD, L, PD)
• Wash babies in the water tray (UtW0
• Check seeds and discuss the changes (UtW)
• Move like a baby in obstacle course (PD)
• Measure children and order by height (M)
• Add candles to playdough cakes (M)
• Share experiences of babies at home (CL, UtW)
• Taste different foods, smells, textures (PD)
• Build homes with bricks (PD, EAD)
• Make self portraits, update our display board (EAD)

Week 1 – George and the Dragon