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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Sort different recyclable materials in the right container according to types |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Learn that some materials can be used again and again. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create a repair cafe with families repairing together, e.g. bicycles, toys etc. |
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Weather |
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Sing songs which celebrate all the different types of weather (including rain and wind). |
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Weather |
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Play with wind (e.g. pinwheels, kites, play sailboats, flags, musical instruments). |
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Weather |
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See how far away you can feel someone blowing towards you. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Make a wind dance. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Work out ways to measure and record different aspects of the weather - the rainfall, wind direction, wind speed, hours of sunlight. |
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Weather |
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Observe different shapes shifting and changing in the clouds. |
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Weather |
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Feel where the wind is coming from (e.g. lick a finger and hold it up) try this on different days and in different places. |
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Weather |
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Play with shadows and see how they change over a day. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Feel the wind on the skin. |
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Weather |
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Be outdoors playing in all weathers (including the wind and rain). |
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Air |
Weather |
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In a creative visualisation, imagine being as light as a bird and flying through the air - what do you see? |
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Air |
Weather |
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Become familiar with words of weather such as windy, foggy, hail etc. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Celebrate the passing of the seasons (e.g. solstice or equinox) with rituals invented together with the children as well as traditional ones from local community or inspired by other peoples |
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Air |
Weather |
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Read the book 'Little Cloud' by Eric Carle and then use your imagination to see shapes in the clouds outside. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Ways to use less: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle |
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Make an alternative to plastic wrap (aka clingfilm) out of cotton material and beeswax (melt the wax into the cloth with a warm iron). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Ways to use less: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle |
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Compose a recycling song or make a music video using the song "There’s no such thing as waste" (from the Formidable Vegetable Sound System) |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Ways to use less: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle |
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Refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle personal items (bicycles, clothes). |
