The children will be changing for this session so will need their named PE kits in school.  Today we will revisit our practise for Sports Day. Before the children go outside they will need to crate a name badge - copying their name onto a sticker in their team colour. First we will warm up by pretending to be spiders, scuttling around, jumping (Fiadh wanted to know how they jump) and ‘climbing’ (Brodie wanted to know how they climb). Each time we pause we will ask the children to get into a group of two, three or four and then check how many legs they have!

The children will be working in colour teams on the big playground and will be practising all of the following races. We will be showing them how to work as a team and where to go at the end of your turn:

• Balance bike race
• Jumping
• Javelin
• Egg and spoon
• Beanbag on heads race
• Water relay

To cool down we will have a mindful moment under the trees reflecting on what we have practised today.

Today is a two part activity linked to the following questions. Anya asked ‘how do spiders make webs?’ Marsaili asked ‘how do they look around?’ Firstly we will look at a short video about how spiders make webs, then each child will be given a template which has the ‘spokes’ of a spiders web but not the joining threads. They will need to use chalks and charcoal to complete the web. We will remind them to hold the mark making tool with a firm grip and move it consistently and with control to create a web. When they have completed their web they will need to cut out a spider, we will remind them about safe use of scissors and about to hold them correctly when snipping and cutting. Finally they will need to add eyes so that the spiders can look around - these will be googly eyes - each spider needs to have two or four as they always have an even number!

Linked to the children’s interest in spiders we will be using these for a counting activity today. Adults will show a range of collections of spiders and other bugs in boxes or jars. These specimens have all been found underground (Lily was keen to find out how they get underground and we will talk about this!). We will talk about the entomologist Lucy Evelyn Cheesman and her collections. Then the adult will choose one collection and model different ways that the group of objects can be counted - we will ask the children if they have suggestions too. Then, working in a small group, The children will be able to choose a collection of objects which they would like to count. They decide together how they will count their collection and may choose resources to help them (such as egg boxes, pots, trays or five frames to count into or to group objects for counting). The children count their collection and tell adults how many they have. Adults will revisit recording - showing the children how they could record their count, by drawing or mathematical mark making. Next the children will be able to choose another collection and can repeat the process - having a go at recording if they wish to. Throughout we will ask questions; How many are there? Show me how you counted them. How did you keep track of which ones had been counted?

We will link today’s activity to our weekly PSHE lesson about Respecting your Body. Ellie asked ‘how do spiders eat’,? We will ask the children if they can recall this from the information books and clips that we have watched this week.  Then we will talk about what we need to eat to be healthy We will talk about why this is important and how to respect your body.We will explain to the children that we are going to make healthy spiders to have as a snack.. Each child will have their own bowl to gather their ingredients. They will need to spoon in dry ingredients and snip dried apricots with scissors. They will need to use ‘strong fingers’ to snap pretzels to make the legs. The children need to mix all the ingredients. Then the children will be able to eat them for snack. Ben asked ‘how do they do poos’?. We will highlight how food passes through your body and this is the same for the children.

Friday

Today we have our Pasta Point treat and we are visiting the park. Whilst there we will use the equipment and also look for spiders and explore how they jump and climb - building on what we explored on Monday and read about during the week. Thank you in advance for volunteering,