GROUP SHELTERS
Session Focus Children will work together to make a group shelter outside
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PSHEE (PSED): Chooses they resources they need for activities.Literacy: Can follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.PE/ D: Handles tools and equipment effectively.Maths: Explores the characteristics of everyday objects and uses mathematical language to describe them.Science: (UW) Talks about features of their immediate environment; Makes observations of plants & animals.Design & Technology (EAD): Safely uses and explores a variety of materials and techniques; Represents their own thoughts and ideas through design and technology.
ResourcesNatural materials such as large branches, sticks, logs, & foliage etc, (If you have no access to natural materials, you could use crates, pipes, sheets, pegs, chairs, etc instead).Associated Risk Assessments Generic Site RA; Collecting & Handling Natural Materials RA; Stick Activities RA; Building
Shelters RA.
Session Outline• Talk about how we can work together well as a group.
• Explain we are going to work together to build a group shelter to shelter us from rain, wind or sun. (Depending on your numbers, you may want to build 2 or 3.)
• Demonstrate safe selection, lifting, carrying, releasing and placing of materials.
• Work together with the children to create a group shelter.
• Discuss how we can manage our own safety (age & ability specific)
DifferentiationLA- Assist with carrying and placement.HA- Can they use experimental learning to work out the best way to place the materials and equipment?ExtensionFree play for the children in their shelter, once you have checked its stability and adapted as
necessary.
MATERIALS &BUILDING
PIONEER SCHEME SECTION OBJECTIVES
LEVEL 2
WELLBEING & EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
• Takes part on both group and independent activities
SELF MANAGEMENT OF RISK
• Listen & responds to simple rules and instructions when outdoors
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
• Handles plants & animals with care
CREATIVITY & IMAGINATION
• Creates using natural materials.
RESILIENCE & PROBLEM SOLVING
• Willingly partakes in outdoor learning in all weathers.
KNOT SKILLS • Can wrap string or rope around an object
SHELTER BUILDING • Can help to carry sticks to build a large group shelter with help
• Can talk about what they liked/ didn’t like during the outdoor session
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