Activity planning sheet
Activity:
Making a collage of different animals.
Rationale for Activity (Reason for doing the activity):
To encourage children's creativity and imagination, as well as their fine motor skills and knowledge
of animals.
The learning intentions for this activity:
(Main area of development you are focusing on, include stage, category and subcategory from EYFS)
To develop children's expressive arts and design skills by creating a collage using different materials
and techniques
- stage: EYFS, 40-60 months (four-years-old and rising-fives)
- Category: Exploring and using media and materials
- Subcategory: using and exploring a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour,
design, texture, form and function
To develop children's understanding of the world by learning about different animals and their
habitats
-Stage: EYFS, 40-60 months
-category: The world
-Subcategory: making observations, explaining, and talk about animals changes and ideas.
How the activity reflects the children’s stage of development, stage of learning, individual needs and
circumstances:
The activity is suitable for children who are in the kinder stage of development (40 –
60months or 4-5 years), as they are able to use scissors, glue and other materials safely and
with some control. They are also able to express their ideas and preferences through their
collage. The activity is based on the children's interest in animals and their curiosity about
the natural world.
The activity can be adapted to meet the individual needs and circumstances of the children
by providing different levels of support, challenge and choice.
Links to other areas of development
(Statement must be taken from the EYFS, stage and subcategory must be included)
Communication and Language Personal, Social and Emotional Physical Development
They answer ‘how’ and They are confident to speak in They handle equipment and
‘why’ questions about their a familiar group, will talk tools effectively, including
experiences and in response about their ideas, and will pencils for writing. Children
to stories or events. Children choose the resources they show good control and co-
listen attentively in a range need for their chosen ordination in large and small
of situations. They listen activities. Children are movements. They move
accurately anticipating key confident to try new activities, confidently in a range of ways,
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events and respond to what and say why they like some safely negotiating space.
they hear with relevant activities more than others. -stage: EYFS, 40-60 months
responses. -Stage: EYFS, 40-60 months, -Subcategory: Moving and
-Stage: EYFS 40-60 months - -Subcatagory:Self-confidence and handling.
Subcategory: Speaking, self-awareness.
Listening and attention
Expressive Arts and Design Mathematics Understanding the World Literacy
They use what they They use everyday Children know about They use their phonic
have learnt about language to talk about similarities and knowledge to write
media and materials in size, weight, capacity, differences in words in ways which
original ways, thinking position, distance, relation to places, match their spoken
about uses and time and money to objects, materials sounds. They also
purposes. compare quantities and living things. write some irregular
They represent their and objects and to They talk about the common words. They
own ideas, thoughts solve problems. they features of their own use phonic knowledge
and feelings through count reliably with immediate to decode regular
design and technology, numbers from one to environment and words and read them
art, music, dance, role- 20, place them in how environments aloud accurately.
play and stories. order and say which might vary from one -stage: EYFS, 40-60
-stage: EYFS, 40-60 number is one more or another. They make months
months one less than a given observations of -subcategory: Reading
-Subcatagory:Exploring number. Using animals and plants and Writing.
and using media and quantities and objects, and explain why
materials they add and subtract some things occur,
two single-digit and talk about
numbers and count on changes.
or back to find the -stage: EYFS, 40-60
answer. They solve months
problems, including -subcategory: the
doubling, halving and world.
sharing.
-stage: EYFS, 40-60
Activity:
Making a collage of different animals.
Rationale for Activity (Reason for doing the activity):
To encourage children's creativity and imagination, as well as their fine motor skills and knowledge
of animals.
The learning intentions for this activity:
(Main area of development you are focusing on, include stage, category and subcategory from EYFS)
To develop children's expressive arts and design skills by creating a collage using different materials
and techniques
- stage: EYFS, 40-60 months (four-years-old and rising-fives)
- Category: Exploring and using media and materials
- Subcategory: using and exploring a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour,
design, texture, form and function
To develop children's understanding of the world by learning about different animals and their
habitats
-Stage: EYFS, 40-60 months
-category: The world
-Subcategory: making observations, explaining, and talk about animals changes and ideas.
How the activity reflects the children’s stage of development, stage of learning, individual needs and
circumstances:
The activity is suitable for children who are in the kinder stage of development (40 –
60months or 4-5 years), as they are able to use scissors, glue and other materials safely and
with some control. They are also able to express their ideas and preferences through their
collage. The activity is based on the children's interest in animals and their curiosity about
the natural world.
The activity can be adapted to meet the individual needs and circumstances of the children
by providing different levels of support, challenge and choice.
Links to other areas of development
(Statement must be taken from the EYFS, stage and subcategory must be included)
Communication and Language Personal, Social and Emotional Physical Development
They answer ‘how’ and They are confident to speak in They handle equipment and
‘why’ questions about their a familiar group, will talk tools effectively, including
experiences and in response about their ideas, and will pencils for writing. Children
to stories or events. Children choose the resources they show good control and co-
listen attentively in a range need for their chosen ordination in large and small
of situations. They listen activities. Children are movements. They move
accurately anticipating key confident to try new activities, confidently in a range of ways,
, Activity planning sheet
events and respond to what and say why they like some safely negotiating space.
they hear with relevant activities more than others. -stage: EYFS, 40-60 months
responses. -Stage: EYFS, 40-60 months, -Subcategory: Moving and
-Stage: EYFS 40-60 months - -Subcatagory:Self-confidence and handling.
Subcategory: Speaking, self-awareness.
Listening and attention
Expressive Arts and Design Mathematics Understanding the World Literacy
They use what they They use everyday Children know about They use their phonic
have learnt about language to talk about similarities and knowledge to write
media and materials in size, weight, capacity, differences in words in ways which
original ways, thinking position, distance, relation to places, match their spoken
about uses and time and money to objects, materials sounds. They also
purposes. compare quantities and living things. write some irregular
They represent their and objects and to They talk about the common words. They
own ideas, thoughts solve problems. they features of their own use phonic knowledge
and feelings through count reliably with immediate to decode regular
design and technology, numbers from one to environment and words and read them
art, music, dance, role- 20, place them in how environments aloud accurately.
play and stories. order and say which might vary from one -stage: EYFS, 40-60
-stage: EYFS, 40-60 number is one more or another. They make months
months one less than a given observations of -subcategory: Reading
-Subcatagory:Exploring number. Using animals and plants and Writing.
and using media and quantities and objects, and explain why
materials they add and subtract some things occur,
two single-digit and talk about
numbers and count on changes.
or back to find the -stage: EYFS, 40-60
answer. They solve months
problems, including -subcategory: the
doubling, halving and world.
sharing.
-stage: EYFS, 40-60
