Recycling

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Awareness Days Earth Day

Objectives

Art and Design

  • Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.
  • Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

Design and Technology

  • Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks (cutting, shaping, joining & finishing).

English

  • Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by listening to, discussing and expressing views about a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which children can read independently.
  • Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesizing, imagining and exploring ideas.
  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debate.

Music

  • Use voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.
  • Play tuned and untuned instruments musically.

Lesson Planning

On the theme of the 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) see what you can do with recycled materials.

Children will:

  • Find out about recycling.
  • Create juink model robots.
  • Learn the 3Rs message.

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.