1. Let there be light: Understanding electricity
Sparrows Class
Spring 2016
Literacy
To listen to a range of stories
To show a preference for a story
To interact and be involved in a sensory story
To participate in activities related to a story
To create pictures and props from a story
Numeracy
To be able to move a toy forwards, backwards, left and right
To be able to find objects in containers, under containers and on top of containers
To identify one, two and three objects
Design Technology
To explore a range of different bags and their uses
To explore a range of different materials used for bags
To be taught to identify different patterns
To design and make a bag
Science
Let there be light: Understanding electricity
To be able to identify electrical items in our environment
To use a switch to make an electrical item work e.g. radio
To explore a range of different lights
To be able to make an electronic toy work
Creative Curriculum
50’s – 00s
To explore how fashion has changed from the 1950’s to now
To create and taste different recipes from the 1950s to now
To explore how leisure activities have changed from the 1950s to now
To explore how music has changed from the 1950s to now.

2. Please make sure you take lots of photographs.
Sparrows Class
Activity Ideas
For each subject there are many ways to promote education and develop understanding in the home.
These are ideas that you may wish to use in order to support the curriculum. They are just initial ideas; you may wish to do your own activity!
Please make sure you take lots of photographs.
Literacy
Practise identifying our own name from a choice of 2/3
Choose a story to read
Create props and pictures from a story
Participate in a sensory story
Numeracy
Press buttons on an electronic toy to make it move forwards, backwards, left and right
Make an obstacle course to guide the toy around
Find objects hidden under a container
Take one, two and three objects out of a container
Design Technology
.Find different bags around the home and look at what they are used for
Go to a bag shop and look at different bag designs
Print patterns using paint suitable for a bag
Design a bag using different materials
Science
Take photographs of different electrical items around the home.
Turn on and off a piece of electrical equipment e.g. radio, television
Explore different lights and how they work
Choose an electronic toy and make it work
Creative Curriculum
50s – 00s
Listen to music from different decades
Make and taste food from different decades
Dress up in different clothes from different decades
Play games from different decades