Children move from the idea of belonging to different communities to the places and helpers that make a neighbourhood function. Collage, classification, role play, local observation, letter Yy, and shape construction connect social knowledge to familiar surroundings.
What children learn
- Describe a community and identify family, school, and neighbourhood communities.
- Recognise important places and people within a community.
- Explain how community helpers contribute and observe the local community directly.
- Recognise and write Yy and identify, sort, and build familiar shapes including ovals and stars.
Key activities
- Creating a community picture from people and shape cut-outs
- Sorting and discussing pictures of different communities
- Making a places-in-the-community display with paper plates and handprints
- Role-playing community helpers with occupational props
- Visiting or observing local community places and recording them in a collage
You’ll need
community and neighbourhood pictures, people and shape cut-outs, paper plates and handprint pieces, school and shop images, community-helper role-play props, crayons and glue, letter Yy cards and yarn, oval and star objects, shape cards and pipe cleaners
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy