This week’s activities and learning opportunities based on the Early Years Foundation stage will include the following:

ACTIVITIES

Wood work, father’s day cards, mini sports, variety of construction sets (big builder, lego, wooden bricks, tap-a-nail)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Physical

Negotiate space successfully when playing racing or chasing games with other children, adjusting speed or changing direction to avoid obstacles

Show understanding of the need for safety when tackling new challenges 

Engage in activities requiring hand eye coordination

Use one-handed tools and equipment

Demonstrate increasing skill and control in the use of mar making implements and construction sets

Use increasing control over an object, such as a ball, for throw, catch and kick

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Realise tools can be used for a purpose

Begin to try out a range of tools and techniques safely

Use simple tools and techniques safely and competently

ACTIVITIES

Mini sports day with families, ‘dad’s week’, father’s day cards, stories – ‘My Daddy is a Giant’, ‘Grizzly Dad’ and ‘Me and my Dad’, book – ‘The Big Family Book’, snack bar – breads and fruits around the world

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Personal, Social and Emotional

Show a strong sense of self as a member of different communities, such as their family or setting

Show affection and concern for special people

Make connections between different parts of their life experience

Have an awareness of, and interest in, cultural and religious differences

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Are interested in others and their families

Have a sense of own immediate family and relations

Show interest in different occupations and ways of life

Feel a sense of belonging to own community and place