Our Current Topic
Bonfire Night
Remembrance
This is just a starting point, We follow the childrens interests and develop our learning from there.
Physical Development
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Be fireworks- Dance around to music waving sparkly pompoms and tinsel.
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Make large chalk firework pictures outside using gross motor movements.
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Bonfire night themed sensory tray- Glitter, confetti and salt.
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Use pipettes and coffee filter paper to make poppies.
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March like soldiers.
Literacy
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Display firework words such as fizz and bang.
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Stories - The Owl who was afraid of the dark. When the hugs came.
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Do helicopter stories around our themes
Understanding the world
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Make breadstick sparklers.
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Talk about fire safety and the role of the fire brigade.
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Set a bonfire scene with small world toys- include fire engines.
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Watch cbeebies poppies and talk about it.
Communication and Language
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New vocabulary- pop, whizz bang, fireworks, bonfire. Armistice, peace, remembrance, poppies.
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New rhyme- 5 little fire works, The Grand Old Duke Of York.
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Talk about why we wear poppies.
Personal, social and emotional development
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Watch Bing Fireworks- Talk about how we feel about loud noises, are they exciting o a bit scary.
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Talk about staying safe around bonfires an fireworks.
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Talk about those people who keep us safe.
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Watch Cbeebies Poppies- what do we thinkhappened?
Mathematics
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Sort sparkly pompoms by colour.
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Look at the shapes of fireworks.
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Make pretend fireworks using 2D shapes.
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Make different sized poppies and sort by size.
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Count poppies.
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Use circles to make poppies.
Expressive Arts and Design
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Provide props for bonfirenight role play.
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Provide back paper, glue and glitter to make fireworks pictures.
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Dance like a firework to Beethovens 12th.
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Look at red and dhades of red, what can we find that is red?
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Process art such as string painting.
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Provide materials to make poppies