Creating with Materials Early Learning Goals
- Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
- Share their creations, explaining the process they have used.
- Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories.
Example of this in action:
- The children will be introduced to the word ‘camouflage’, and asked why they think some animals have camouflage and how it helps them survive in the wild. They will explore chameleon pictures and videos of a chameleon changing colour. They will learn that a chameleon can change colour in response to its emotions, such as anger or fear, or changes in light and temperature. The children will then use squares and triangles of bubble wrap, ready-mixed paint and paintbrushes to make their own camouflage print.
Being Imaginative and Expressive
- Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher.
- Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs.
- Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and (when appropriate) try to move in time with music.
Example of this in action:
- Our Charanga music topic for term 5 is ‘Big Bear Funk’. The children will a variety of genres this term. Throughout the unit they will Explore high pitch and low pitch in the context of the songs.
- Our Charanga music topic for term 6 is ‘Reflect, Rewind and Replay’. This unit privies a consolidation of the year’s work, preparation work for a performance and a look at the history of music.