Recipe for a playground

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Superheroes Superhero Project

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Objectives

Early learning goals

Express self effectively, showing awareness of listeners’ needs.
Count reliably with numbers from one to 20.
Use everyday language to talk about size.
Represent ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role-play and stories.

Lesson Planning

What are the ingredients to make an exciting playground? Decide on fundraising opportunities to improve an area in your playground.

Children will:

Use mathematical language to compare objects.
Express opinions about the school playground.
Design and make mini playgrounds using small world and natural materials.

Planning

Provided Resources

Playground improvement design examples
Fundraising ideas
Playground design ideas

Planning

You Will Need

Mixing bowl and spoon
Plastic flowers
iPads to film and photograph
Garden centre catalogues
Old receipts
Notepad
Pebbles/leaves/sticks/tray/soil/trowels/buckets/gardening gloves
Different seeds
Playdough and Lego
Small world figures
Maths games
Children’s superhero costume or mask to wear

Weblinks

Easy fundraising! from easyfundraising.org
Collect clothing and bring to school from uk.bag2school.com
Small world play park from theimaginationtree.com
A-Z of fundraising ideas from clicsargent.org.uk