This project teaches children about the global community to which they belong and explores how living things, communities and climates differ around the world.

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Support your child at home by:

 

​​Communication and Language

• Talk about places you have visited

• Describe what you can see on a walk

• Listen to stories from around the world

• Learn and use new vocabulary linked to travel, animals, weather, and maps

• Play “I Spy” outdoors

• Retell a journey or adventure story

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Personal, Social and Emotional Development

• Talk about similarities and differences between families and cultures

• Help prepare food from another country

• Discuss how people travel and work around the world

• Practice sharing and turn-taking in games

• Create a “Things That Make Me Special” poster

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Physical Development

• Create an obstacle course for a pretend journey

• Move like animals from different habitats

• Practice balancing, hopping, throwing, and catching outdoors

• Go on a nature walk or scavenger hunt

• Dance to music from different countries

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Literacy

• Write postcards from an imaginary holiday

• Draw and label a map

• Create a passport and travel tickets

• Read books linked to journeys, oceans, animals, or different countries

• Make a simple holiday diary with pictures and captions

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Mathematics

• Count objects found outdoors

• Compare sizes and lengths during walks

• Make repeating patterns using colours or natural objects

• Sort animals by habitat or size

• Use positional language such as next to, behind, under, and between

• Measure how far toy vehicles travel

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Understanding the World

• Learn about different countries and cultures

• Explore maps, globes, and atlases

• Plant seeds and observe changes over time

• Talk about weather and seasons

• Compare local environments with places around the world

• Explore sea creatures, jungle animals, deserts, or polar regions

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Expressive Arts and Design

• Make flags from different countries

• Create junk-model landmarks or vehicles

• Paint or collage ocean, jungle, or space scenes

• Use music and dance from around the world

• Build boats, planes, or trains using construction materials

• Create animal masks or puppets

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Children can access home learning activities by logging onto Seesaw. These are updated on a regular basis and support learning that is taking place in the classroom.

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This project teaches children about water, including floating and sinking, freezing and melting, and why it is important for living things to stay hydrated.

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Communication and Language

• Talk about different ways we use water

• Describe what happens when water splashes, pours, or freezes

• Listen to stories about the sea, pirates, fish, or weather

• Learn new words such as float, sink, splash, ocean, puddle, and waves

• Retell a seaside or water-themed story

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Personal, Social and Emotional Development

• Talk about staying safe near water

• Practice sharing toys during water play

• Help wash toys, dishes, or the car

• Discuss favourite seaside memories or holidays

• Explore calming activities with water and bubbles

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Physical Development

• Practice pouring, squeezing, scooping, and spraying water

• Use paintbrushes and water outdoors for mark making

• Jump in puddles or move like sea animals

• Create a water obstacle course

• Develop fine motor skills using pipettes, sponges, and spray bottles

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Literacy

• Write postcards from the seaside

• Make labels for sea creatures

• Draw and write about a day at the beach

• Read stories linked to oceans, pirates, or rain

• Create a simple fact book about sea animals

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Mathematics

• Measure and compare containers during water play

• Count shells, pebbles, or toy fish

• Explore full, empty, half full, and nearly empty

• Sort sea creatures by size or colour

• Use positional language such as under, next to, and behind

• Estimate how many cups fill a container

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Understanding the World

• Explore floating and sinking

• Learn about sea creatures and their habitats

• Observe weather changes including rain and sunshine

• Freeze water and watch it melt

• Visit a pond, beach, splash park, or aquarium if possible

• Talk about keeping oceans clean and caring for the environment

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Expressive Arts and Design

• Paint ocean scenes using blues and greens

• Make boats from junk modelling materials

• Create fish prints or bubble paintings

• Sing seaside songs and rhymes

• Make a collage using shells, sand, or recycled materials

• Pretend to be pirates, lifeguards, or sea explorers

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​​​​​​Again, don't forget to look out for the fun, weekly activities on Seesaw and also look what we have been up to in class on class dojo.​​​​​​