https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee EYFS en-us 2019-02-13 17:52:15 UTC 2019-02-13 18:33:19 UTC hello@padlet.com ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330946766 We have been reading the story Shark in the Park and I asked the children what other things they might see at the park. Lots of them seemed fixated on the pond in the story and this led onto a discussion about what might be in the pond. They were certain the pond had sharks, which led them to suggest other animals that live in ocean environments. I showed them a video of an aquarium and their favourite animal was the turtle and clownfish.]]> 2019-02-13 17:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330946766 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330949264 One of the animals they mentioned was a turtle, so in order to both gauge and spark the children's interest I left a toy turtle in the classroom with a plastic bag round his flipper to prompt discussion and see where the children's thoughts might go. The children wanted to know where the turtle had come from and were concerned about the bag around his flipper. This raised the questions where do turtles come from? What does their environment look like? What do they need to be happy? They also wanted to know what the turtle feels like.]]> 2019-02-13 18:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330949264 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330956119 Water trays filled with sea animals with bits of plastic for the children to clean up and put in the 'recycling bin']]> 2019-02-13 18:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330956119 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330957481 Use IWB to look at turtles in different environments, let chn look at pictures and videos on ipads]]> 2019-02-13 18:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330957481 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330957903 Toys and puppets to encourage children to tell stories, talk about ways we can look after turtles - how can we keep the ocean clean? What will happen if we don't?

Listening to and talking about videos and sounds of the ocean]]> 2019-02-13 18:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330957903 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330958593 Read and look at books about turtles

Draw and label pictures of sea creatures and coral reefs]]> 2019-02-13 18:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330958593 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330959782 Making up stories using puppets, making turtles out of playdoh, turtle paper plate craft, making a class coral reef collage that the children can add different creatures to]]> 2019-02-13 18:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330959782 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330960267 Look at pictures of turtles in clean/dirty environments. How do they make them feel?]]> 2019-02-13 18:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330960267 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330961726 Experimenting with moving like different sea creatures, can we pretend the class is underwater and we are each a different animal? What animal is your partner?]]> 2019-02-13 18:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330961726 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330964230 2019-02-13 18:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330964230 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330964597 2019-02-13 18:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330964597 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330965377 2019-02-13 18:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330965377 ssd3 https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330967360 Add or subtract the numbers on the turtles flippers]]> 2019-02-13 18:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ssd3/3eim2i4rcdee/wish/330967360