Nursery Outdoor Learning Castles Topic
Week 3 4/5/20 |
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Grow a BeanstalkIn our story of the week Jack planted a magic bean that grew into a GIANT beanstalk. Have a go at growing your own beanstalk (or flower or vegetable). Plant it into a plastic cup or a small plant pot and make your own castle for the top. If you keep it in the sun and water it everyday it won't be long until your plant grows to the very top of your castle. Can you name the parts of a plant - roots, stem, leaves, flower?
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Outdoor Reading Den or CastleOne of our play based learning challenges for this week was to build a fort or a castle. Why not extend this challenge and build another castle outdoors using natural materials. The weather is set to be sunny outside this week so your castle or den would provide you with a perfect shady spot for reading your favourite stories and books. If you're really lucky maybe mum or dad would let you have lunch inside your outdoor castle as a special treat.
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Week 4 - 11/04/20
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Mrs Doherty our World Around Us coordinator shared this wonderful idea. 5 simple steps to grow your own tomato plants from ripe tomatoes you already have at home. Each class are encouraged to take part in this activity and we are going to have a whole school tomato growing competition! Keep an eye on Facebook for more updates and don't forget to share the photos of your tomato project on seesaw.
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Floating and Sinking - Science experiment
Floating and sinking is a fun science concept for children to explore. Setting up a Floating and Sinking Learning Tray will invite them to play, experiment and explore how and why different objects float and sink when placed into water.
What you will need 1) a basin of water 2) a collection of different objects - the more variety the better 3) a pen and paper for recording your results.
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Homemade swing ball - Hand eye co-ordination
Developing hand eye co-ordination is a very important skill for children aged 3-5. Swing ball is a fun way to build upon these skills and help children move their hands, arms and body in sync. Swing ball is fun for all the family and so easy to set up at home
Here's what to do: Pop a ball in to a net ( a fruit/veg net like the kind used for oranges or onions is perfect for this) and knot it tightly. Tie it to a length of rope. The rope needs to be long enough to get the ball level with your child’s chest. Suspend the ball from any horizontal pole or even from a hook in a doorway. You've now created your own DIY swingball - let the games begin Here are some suggestions to help develop hand eye co-ordination with swingball - Push and Catch: Have your child push the ball away with both hands and then catch it again. Your child needs to watch the ball carefully to catch it with both hands together, and to not let it bang against the body. Bat and Ball: Use a bat and have your child practice hitting the ball with the bat. Use a variety of bats to increase the challenge for your child. |
Treasure Hunt
Our story this week was all about Zog the dragon. Did you know dragons LOVE treasure and they like to collect it and steal it from castles. This week your challenge is to hide your treasure (this could be anything you like, maybe a gold coin or even your favourite toy) in your garden so it is safe from all of the dragons out searching for some treasure. Don't forget to make a treasure map so you can find it again, you could test your treasure map by asking a grownup or your brothers and sisters to follow the clues on your map to see if they can find your hidden treasure.