Reception/Year 1 English: Autumn – Reimagining the ordinary Exploring and Playing

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PlayingPlay Activity: Small world S, PSED, EADAims: To participate in small group discussions, offering their own ideas (S2.1).To work and play cooperatively and take turns (PSED5.1).To invent and recount narratives with peers (EAD17.1).

You will need: Tuff spot, small sticks, different small-world characters

Preparation: Set up a tuff spot with a collection of small sticks and some small world characters. Use some paper or fabric to create blue for a sea and some brown /green to create mud and grass to give children ideas different locations. More objects can be added throughout the week.What to do: Children use the small world characters to choose a small stick.

What will it become? Children act out different scenarios with the sticks.Talking points What has your character’s stick become? Can you think of any uses for it? Can you remember any repeated phrases

from the story? Can you take it in turns to think of different

uses and then explain them to each other?

Evidence of learning: Listen to children talking. Do they use some of the language from the story? Are they able to describe their new uses for the stick clearly and articulately? Observe children. Do they play co-operatively? Do listen to each other?

Outcome(s):I can imagine different uses for a stick.I can describe these uses to my peers using phrases from the story.

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Play Activity: Stick maths MAims: To have a deep understanding of number to 10; Verbally count beyond 20; Compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts (M11.1, 12.1,2)

You will need: Paint, plates, large sheets of paper or rolls of paper to cover the table.

Preparation: Use the outdoor classroom to set up some ‘big stick maths’. Place large numeral cards or draw different numbers on the floor using chalk. Make sure children have access to lots of sticks, either naturally or collect and place some around the outside classroom. What to do: Children find a number they would like to explore. They say

the number out loud. They then go on a hunt to find that many sticks around the

outside classroom. They bring them back and place the correct number of sticks

on the number then re-count to double check. They repeat with other numbers.Talking points How many sticks will you need to collect? Can you find a bigger number to collect for? How many sticks there would be if I added one

more to the pile? How about one less?

Evidence of learning: Listen to children talking. Do they count correctly out loud? Observe children. Do they have a strategy to count accurately? Do they collect the correct amount?

Outcome(s):I can recognise and count to numbers up to 20.I can count, match and compare objects to number amounts.

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Reception/Year 1 English: Autumn – Reimagining the ordinary Exploring and Playing

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PlayingPlay Activity: Stick painting PD, EADAims: Use a range of tools including paintbrushes (PD7.2).To use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques (EAD16.1).

You will need: paint, paper, variety of sticks

Preparation: Place different colours of paint in pallets on the table and a selection of sticks in jars. Place large sheets of paper around the table.What to do: Children experiment with painting with sticks! They can try to create pictures or just experiment and

explore the lines they make. Another way they could use the sticks is to place blobs of

paint at the top of the page (maybe rainbow coloured), then drag the stick through these to pull the colours down.

Talking points Can you tell me about your painting? Did all the sticks create the same lines/

effects? Could you add anything to the sticks to make

them a better tool for painting?

Evidence of learning: Listen to children talking. Do they discuss ways of making their model and ways of adapting it?Observe children. Do they have confident fine motor skills? Do they use the tools effectively and safety?

Outcome(s):I can use sticks to paint pictures.I can experiment with using the sticks and paint in different ways.

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Play Activity: Sticky pictures S, PD, EADAims: To express their ideas and feelings using full sentences (S2.3). To use a range of tools including paintbrushes (PD7.2). To use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques (EAD16.1).

You will need: Coloured paper, small sticks or coloured match sticks, glue.

Preparation: Collect a variety of small sticks or coloured matchsticks. Place coloured paper around the table with glue sticks.What to do: Children make pictures using the sticks. They rearrange the sticks to make different pictures; when they have chosen their favourite

arrangement, they stick this to the paper using the glue.

Talking points Can you label your picture? Can you tell me abuot your picture? Is it quite hard to create a picture from

sticks? Can you explain why that is?

Evidence of learning: Listen to children talking. Do they talk about what they have created or talk about how they are creating it? Do they talk through difficulties? Observe children. Do they adapt/ change their design to make it easier or overcome difficulties?

Outcome(s):I can make a picture using sticks.I can talk about my picture and make adjustments throughout the process of making it.

© Original plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted by individual users exploring-playing_reimagining_R101SD1