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As a team, we got rid of all the plastic sand and water resources. Children have been more curious and creative with their exploration.

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Re-telling the story for T4W outdoors with movement.

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Alfresco snack time. The children have been calmer when eating snack and are enjoying conversations together. They have noticed different aspects of nature whilst eating outdoors, such as the birds in our outdoor area.

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Using loose parts to play music and make a rhythm.

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Tasting fruit and finding seeds to plant in our garden.

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Outdoor messy play and being curious.

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Helping with day to day jobs such as sweeping the sand up.

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Sand play with loose parts and authentic resources. Children chose how to manipulate the resources available to them.

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Using natural loose parts to create small worlds

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Taking our maths lesson outside to explore different weights. 

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Growing seeds and using offcuts to grow vegetables in our classroom. Inspired by Oliver’s Vegetables.

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Hook for Dear Zoo story, revealed in our garden.

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Use of baskets, boxes and wooden crates to store loose part items.

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Take it Outside- pupils created their own story map as part of a literacy lesson for Dear Zoo. Took the resources and made the most of our lovely terrace area and the good weather.

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We visited our animal area and talked with the animal keepers about how to best look after animals. Pupils asked questions and learned some facts about caring for animals from the older pupils.

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Story time - but at the Safa Sanctuary! Enjoying the calming space and beautiful fish!

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Phonics activities on the terrace. When learning the ‘n’ sound, pupils used chopsticks, bowls and jugs to create noodle soup in a tuff tray.

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Children can collect, plant and investigate different types of seeds and plants. They can make observations and predictions about how they will/won't grow

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Children use loose parts across the classroom and curriculum areas. They stimulate their creativity and critical thinking skills as they find a variety of ways to use them.

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Incorporating loose parts into out playdough area to encourate creativity.

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Mohammed found a seed in his lunch (from an apple) and decided to plant it to see if it would grow like our other seeds.

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Taking our literacy lessons outside to the Safa animals while reading Dear Zoo. We got to learn about the animals and how to care for them from the year 5 animal keepers

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Taking our literacy lessons outside while we retell the story of brown bear in pairs.

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We have incorporated loose parts into the provision where the children have become independent in accessing the resources. They are often used in math activities, small world/ Role play and playdough.

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Additional plants on our shared step. Opportunities to plant beans and seeds. 

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Additional plants on our shared step. Opportunities to plant beans and seeds. 

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Plants and flowers to investigate in the classroom. 

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Plants and flowers to investigate in the classroom. 

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Market from Jack and the beanstalk story. Real fruits and vegetables in the classroom. 

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Market from Jack and the beanstalk story. Real fruits and vegetables in the classroom. 

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The children have loved exploring and reading the books on nature which have enhanced our areas within the classroom and on our step. The children have enjoyed finding out new things and asking questions.

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In Maths we used the outdoor area to explore measuring length. The children enjoyed using loose parts to measure shoes and footprints. They used chalk to draw around their feet to find out who has the longest feet in FS2 Green.

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Making repeated patterns outdoors

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FS1 Green collect items from nature and look after them by giving the flowers water.

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FS1 Green help to water their garden daily to make sure their seeds and plants grow.

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FS1 Green made measuring tapes and explored outdoors to find things longer/shorter and taller than their measuring tapes.

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In FS1 Emerald we have introduced a loose parts area. The children have began to use the loose parts by exploring, creating and using their imagination to invent different creations and play experiences.

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Science experiment outside!

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Light box and natural loose parts subitising amounts.

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Now the weather is cooler we are spending the majority of our day outside for inputs, group work and independent play. Sorting natural materials into groups.

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I have introduced loose parts into independent play. FS1Green are manipulating loose parts using their own ideas. One child was building a home for the insects, others were exploring cause and effect: balancing the cups, tree cookies and egg crates on top of each other.

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Plants and flowers in the classroom and on the FS2 Emerald/ FS2 White step.

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Plants and flowers in the classroom and on the FS2 Emerald/ FS2 White step.

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Step away from plastic - remove all plastic resources/ storage containers from the FS2 Emerald/ FS2 White step. 

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Step away from plastic - remove all plastic resources/ storage containers from the FS2 Emerald/ FS2 White step. 

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When covering FS1 Red and FS2 Red, we try to spend as uch time outdoors as possible. FS1 were taken outside to explore patterns. With FS2 Red we complete some inputs outside where possible, including mini inputs. This is consistent with the teaching every Wednesday.