Bug Hunt

Whilst playing outside the children were looking for bugs that they had seen the day before

'Keira, where have all the bugs gone?'

(Also during a discussion at parents evening a parent expressed concern that her child had started to hurt bugs at home)

INTENT:  

UTW: The world - show care and concern for living things and the environment 

IMPLEMENTATION : Set up a bug hunt. Print off a bug hunt for children to tick off when they have found a bug, hide bugs around the garden. Look for real bugs too. Have discussions about caring for living things. 

IMPACT: 

PSED: Making relationships- the children worked together to find all the bugs.

C&L: Speaking - there were some lovely conversations taking place during the bug hunt

UTW: The world - the children talked about where the bugs live, what they eat, overall showing care and concern for living things. 

MATHS: Numbers - the children used number names during this activity ie 'i've found 3 bugs' 'i only need to find 1 more bug' 

PHYSICAL: Moving and handling - Staff observed children using preferred hand to use their pencil

Characteristics of effective learning: 

PLAYING AND EXPLORING

- showing a curiosity about objects

-showing a particular interest 

-taking a risk 

ACTIVE LEARNING 

- Maintaining focus on their activity for a period of time

-being proud of how they have accomplished something

CREATING AND THINKING CRITICALLY 

- Thinking of ideas 

-Making predictions 

- checking how well their activities are going 

- reviewing how well the approach worked