Lesson Plan Template s22

SPRING TERM 2

Child Initiated Play or R.E. linked to EYFS Curriculum

JULY 2014 Board of Education

Serving children, schools and young people

Theme: Special Times Specific to Christians (Mothering Sunday, Easter – Love/Last Supper/Garden of Gethsemane)

Area Possible Activities Role Play Florist – Mother’s day flower arrangements Dinner table last supper Potting shed – Make miniature gardens Maths Lay a table – how many guests? How many knives and forks do you need? Ladybird addition – spots on back Repeating pattern petals/caterpillar Order flowers by no of petals Map for Easter egg hunt Writing/Reading Mother’s day/Easter cards Easter egg hunt invitations Easter stories/Books about families Non-Fiction books about gardening and wildlife Write a menu for last supper Retell the story Investigation Variety of crosses to look at from different cultures Happy and sad faces – emotion pictures Creative Tray garden for Gethsemane Cooking Easter nests Paint/print with natural objects from the outside area Make Easter/Mother’s day cards Take pastels/charcoals outside to draw/sketch garden objects Small World Small people in garden flower beds etc. Puppets – retell Easter story or make up a story about families Construction Create a Lego Last supper room or garden Use variety of media to make a cross Natural objects to create Easter pictures (Andy Goldsworthy) Sand/Water Bulbs and soil Lolly sticks in sand to draw or make crosses etc. Plastic bottles and plastic glasses in the water to pour for the last supper Crockery and cutlery to wash up in water and washing up liquid after the last supper ICT Songs/CD of people/family song/Easter songs Microphone – record retelling of stories Paint programmes – create picture of story/Mum Beebot/robotic toy – Map the Easter story Look at photos of different mums and talk about them – what they look like, emotions etc. Outside Space Watering cans Logs and twigs to create sculptures Egg hunt Restaurant for Mother’s day meal Gardening equipment for flower beds Reflection Area Cross with pebbles. Put a pebble at the foot of the cross when reflect or prayer to God. Picture of a mum, circles of paper – children can draw their mum or write a few words that share why their mum is so special.