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Deep underground

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Animals Night Animals and Day Animals

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Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.
  • Show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements
  • Use phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds.
  • Write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.
  • Use what has been learnt about media and materials in original ways.

Lesson Planning

Children understand that some animals burrow underground. They identify nocturnal British burrowing animals and describe their features through art and design.

Teaching Outcomes
To identify which nocturnal animals burrow underground to make a home; to use a range of art media to represent different burrowing nocturnal animals; to listen attentively to information about burrowing nocturnal animals and record ideas in writing.

Children will:

  • Identify which nocturnal animals build a home underground.
  • Compare and contrast the features of burrowing animals.
  • Write using descriptive language.
  • Express their thoughts and ideas using a range of media and techniques.

Provided Resources

  • Black outlines of a burrowing nocturnal animals

You Will Need

  • Pop-up tunnels/tents
  • Blankets
  • Toy badger, fox, rabbit and mole
  • Air dry clay
  • Water pots
  • Small pebbles
  • Googly eyes
  • Pompoms

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