Journey over water

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Transport: On the Move Over Water

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Objectives

Early Learning Goals

Listen attentively in a range of situations. Listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events and respond to what is heard with relevant comments, questions or actions.
Follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.
Express yourself effectively, showing awareness of listeners’ needs. Use past, present and future forms accurately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in the future. Develop own narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events.
Know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. Talk about the features of the immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.

Lesson Planning

Enjoy a story and make predictions. Talk with confidence about experiences of boats and then make a model boat.

Teaching Outcomes:

To enjoy a story and make predictions.
To talk with confidence about their experiences of boats.
To make model boats.

Children will:

Make a model boat.
Talk in full sentences and add descriptions to answers.
Recognise and discuss types of water transport.
Listen, enjoy and respond to a story.

Planning

Provided Resources

A note from Mrs Armitage
Boat images
Bridges
Instructions and materials for floating and sinking activities

You Will Need

Construction bricks
Blue fabric and blue paper
2 water trays
Containers
Blue glitter
Cardboard boxes
Foil
Material
Lolly sticks
Children’s fishing rods
Plastic cups and plates
Plastic food
Items to float and sink
2D shapes

Weblinks

Easy craft ideas and instructions to make model boats from redtedart.com
'London Bridge is falling down' -YouTube clip
Sailing boat collage instructions from broogly.com