How do we all live together?Prior to visit:- Discuss what you love about the world- local and global -

look for photographs and possibly print a selection to bring.

- Take photos of places that are special to you in your local area, send over or bring them with you to the link.

- Read and discuss the book Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers On the Day :- Look at both classes ideas about places they love. Each

pair decide 2 things they love about the world and create bunting.

- Create artwork together inspired by the photos.- Or 3d plasticine/playdough models- Talk about feeling safe and belonging, and in pairs or

groups build a mini home for a pebble/junk models of homes/lego houses.

- Make green hearts with pictures or words about things that you love use #showthelove #iwill4nature

- On an outline of Planet Earth, draw places, animals and

You are aming to choose inclusive, enjoyable, collaborative activitities for your two class visit days that enable children to talk and socalise as

easily as possible and think about things they care about together.

Here is a summary page of ideas with lots more in the CPD2 booklet.

There are lots of PowerPoints and Classroom Resources on the website to support you:

www.thelinkingnetwork.org.uk

More in CommonWho am I and Who are we?

Prior to visit- Play similarities & differences game- Watch the #moreincommon video of the Rabbi and Imam On the Day:- Lemons or potatoes group activity (PPT)- can you

recognise your own potato?- Play Visible and invisible similarities in 2s then 4s.- Rewatch the #moreincommon video of the Rabbi and

Imam and then make your own videos- Venn diagrams or artwork on similarities and differences

found as people / as schools.. - Artwork about identity- Share work using #moreincommon

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Ideas for Linking Class VisitsWho am I? Who are we?

Where do we live? How do we all live together?

Freedom ParkWho are we? How do we all live together?

Prior to visit- Look at Freedom Park picture and watch videoOn the Day:- Games: Change Places, Invisible & Visible Similiarites and

Differences, Animal Match- Drama Activities (PPT): Rescuing Lost Boy, Happy Statue,

Watering Peace- Pairs plan own Freedom Park or ideal school/town- Model/draw/build collaboratively- Draw pictures of things you like to do and create a class banner.- Plasticine models of playground equipment and sports - Make banners of values, rights and responsibilities.

Love our EnvironmentWhere do we live? How do we all live together?

Prior to visit: - Pre teach vocabulary used in the #iwill4nature

Eden Communities resources – LittleList, Chatterbox, Nature Bingo

- Pre fold the Chatterbox ready for the visit.On the Day:- Play ‘half the room’ environment game- Use chatterboxes to explore nature in your

school grounds - Make a bug bedroom or make bird feeders

using apples and sunflower seeds-

Collaborative Activity - Kindness How do we all live together?

Prior to visit: - Make a kindness jar or a kindness calendar for your link class.

This might be inspired by Reading Only One You, Kind or Kindness Grows.

- Identify places/people in school or in your local area that could benefit from some kindness.

- Make welcome bunting and Kindness Posters for the visiting class

- Learn to say hello in different ways and languages.. Create a shared word collage to display around the classroom. https://www.newburyparkschool.net/lotm/index.html

On the Day: (There are lots of possibilities for collaborative activities)- Play games, Mime a like or circle within a circle. Hand art. Use

completed hands to create a Linking Friendship Tree. Model people playing sports using playdoh/plasticine.

- Cook together and share the food together. - Pictures of towers round the world – build towers - Pictures of bridges- build bridges- If you have forest schools then the activities can work well- Drama Games