Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Fifteen stories for
the Foundation
Phase with ideas
to link with
ESDGC
Produced by Pembrokeshire teachers during the course
“Planning for Education for Sustainable Development
and Global Citizenship in the Foundation Phase”
28th June 2007
Compiled by Heather Cale – Foundation Phase Advisory Teacher
In conjunction with Janie Pridham
Updated Nov 2012 to include ESDGC themes
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: Amazing Grace
Author: Mary Hoffman
Illustrations: Caroline Binch
ESDGC themes:
culture and identity
choices and decisions
Key Concepts of ESDGC:
Interdependence
Needs and Rights
Diversity
Conflict Resolution
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Becoming aware own feelings and emotions and identifying those of others.
- Recognising differences and cultural differences and diversity.
- Respects others and values their achievements
- Develops self esteem
- Questions stereotypes
Creative Development:
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Development:
- Performance
Communication:
Explores stories within text Counting
- Making puppets, costumes,
Performances – puppets,
Time
posters
pantomimes etc.
- Music – listening to jungle
Advertisements
music etc
Story Telling
Creating music and sound
effects
World Art Historical Art
Physical Development:
Knowledge and
Bilingualism:
Dance and movement
Theatre role play
Understanding of the
related to various animals
Story Vocabulary
World:
Explore historical figures
and characters.
and stories
Identify places
Investigation of own town
facilities, transport etc
Trip to local theatre.
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Pirate Ship
Sand Play
Creative Area
Junk for model
making
Construction Area
Wood, boxes
Investigation Area
Globes
maps
ICT Area
Bee-bot and town
plan
Outdoor Area
Role Play
Puppet theatre
Pirate ship
Indian camp
Materials/fabrics
Messy Play
Miniature jungles
Soil, grass etc
Writing Area
Card for theatre tickets
Paper for programmes
Large paper for posters
Maths Area
Mini elephants
Spiders
Tuff Spot
Island landscape
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: Cleversticks
Key Concepts of ESDGC:
Interdependence
Diversity
Author: Bernard Ashley
Illustrations: Derek Brazell
ESDGC Themes:
culture and identity
choices and decisions
Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity:
Recognising differences - Recognising individual strengths - Helping others
Sharing – Perseverance - Overcoming difficulties - Self -esteem
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Creative Development:
Communication:
Paintings using different
Development:
Sequencing activities
brushes/ chopsticks/ tools.
Phonic work – Names
Threading with laces
Music: Use chopsticks and
Creative Writing – What do
Pairing / matching / sorting
paper plates to create own
we like doing?
Measuring using chopsticks
patterns of sound.
Poems – “I am good at…” etc e.g. How many buttons make Copying rhythms etc.
up the length of a chopstick?
Knowledge and
Physical Development:
Bilingualism:
Vocabulary of clothing
Understanding of the World: Clown movements
Learning about countries that
Juggling – use balls to play
Days of week
use chopsticks.
with.
What food do we eat with
chopsticks? How do others
eat? What utensils are used?
Use globes and atlases to
investigate countries.
Uses of water, washing,
swimming etc.
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Washing toy baby
Different utensils
Construction Area
Outdoor Area
Juggling activities
Circus skills e.g.
ribbons
Sand Play
Creative Area
Use chopsticks to
Craft materials to
pick and move
make clowns e.g.
objects.
wobbly eyes.
Find own letters in
Paint names
sand and pick up
with chopsticks.
Investigation Area
ICT Area
Different fastenings Use paint package
e.g. laces, buttons,
for drawing
Velcro etc
clowns
Role Play
Big top circus area
Clown performing
Messy Play
Rice activities
Writing Area
Maths Area
Measuring apparatus.
Threading on shoelaces
Tuff Spot
Using chopsticks to pick
up items
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
The Swirling Hijaab
Author: Na’ima Bint Robert
Illustrations:Nilesh Mistry
Key Concepts of ESDGC:
Diversity
ESDGC Themes:
culture and identity
Story:
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Recognising similarities and differences
- Festivals – Hindu Wedding
Language, Literacy and
Communication:
What did your hijaab
become?
Mathematical
Development:
Pattern – shapes
Measuring a square of
material for a purpose
Creative Development:
Pattern
Different music from various
lands
Knowledge and
Understanding of the
World:
Travel
Different homes/ food
Investigating different
materials – testing for sails,
homes tents etc.
Physical Development:
Bilingualism:
Pattern printing
Making boats
Scarf dance
Food
Houses
Family members
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Boats
Sand Play
Desert
Creative Area
Drapes for tents
Writing Area
postcards
Construction Area
Make a fort
Investigation Area
Globes
Different materials
Religious artefacts
Maths Area
picnic
1:1 correspondence
Food shop
Outdoor Area
Journeys
Role Play
Costumes for story
characters
ICT Area
Bee-bot – taking
a journey through
the story
sequence
2 Simple city
Messy Play/
Cooking
Sandwiches
Fresh orange
juice
Tuff Spot
Desert
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: My Granny went
to Market
Author: Stella Blackstone
Illustrations: Christopher Corr
Key Concepts of ESDGC: ESDGC Themes:
Citizenship and
culture and identity
Stewardship
choices and decisions
Diversity
Consumption and waste
Interdependence
Wealth and poverty
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Recognising Differences
Language, Literacy and
Communication:
Lists of shopping
Continuation of the book in
writing
Poems
Creative Writing – write a
similar book about Wales
Mathematical
Development:
Counting
Matching
Finding Differences
Sorting
Shopping
Knowledge and
Understanding of the
World:
Identify places
Learning about different
countries
Weather
Clothing
Physical Development:
Dance from different
countries
Boomerangs
Frisbee throwing
Kite flying
Creative Development:
Music form each country
including instruments
Masks
Crafts
Weaving
Lanterns
Making kites
Boomerangs
Bilingualism:
Country names in Welsh
Vocabulary of colour
Place names
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Sailing boats
Items to
investigate
Floating/sinking
Construction Area
lanterns
Outdoor Area
Market stalls
Theatre
Musical
instruments
Sand Play
Red sand
Animals/objects
Linked with
Australia
Investigation Area
Maps
Brochures
postcards
Role Play
Travel agents
Creative Area
Resources for:
Kite making
Weaving masks
ICT Area
Global earth
maps
Messy Play
Ice cubes
Shaving foam
Coloured sand
Writing Area
Postcards
Shopping lists
Diaries
Maths Area
Russian dolls
Shopping bags
Sorting resources
Tuff Spot
African Animals
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: We all went on
Safari
Author: Laurie Krebs
Illustrations: Julia Cairns
Key Concepts of ESDGC: ESDGC Themes:
Interdependence
culture and identity
Citizenship – Stewardship
choices and decisions
Diversity
natural environment
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Working together to achieve an outcome
- Understanding that actions have consequences
- Recognising differences
- Family and culture
- Taking part in classroom responsibilities / Turn-taking and sharing
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Creative Development:
Animal songs
Communication:
Development:
Rhyme
Time
Animal patterns / Shields
Phonic Work
Counting activities
A day in the life of an animal
Work about animals
Sorting activities
Camouflage / Jewellery
Animal poems/stories
Matching activities
Music from Africa
Alliteration
Measuring
African Art
Comparing
Tree rubbings
Knowledge and
Physical Development:
Bilingualism:
Animal Movements
Vocabulary of animals
Understanding of the
Dance
Vocabulary of environments
World:
Comparing Africa with the
Travelling as animals
Number names
local environment
African Names
Animal Classification
Animal environments
Animal Homes
Identify places on globe
Endangered species
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Plastic sea creatures
e.g. hippo,
crocodile
Construction Area
Plants in pots
Jeeps
Things with wheels
Outdoor Area
Sand
Water
Soil
Sand Play
Rice
Investigation Area
Globes/Maps
Atlases
African Artefacts
Role Play
African tribal dress
Safari/ tents / jeep
Binoculars
Creative Area
Resources to
encourage making of
jewellery/ animals
ICT Area
Bee-Bot
Global Earth
Google: Africa photos
Messy Play
Clay
Paint
Writing Area
Animal shapes paper
Letters/envelopes
clipboards
Maths Area
Animals to count
Calculators
Tuff Spot
African Animals
Journey layout
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: Jamela’s Dress
Key Concepts of ESDGC:
Diversity
Interdependence
Author: Niki Daly
Illustrations: Niki Daly
ESDGC Themes:
culture and identity
choices and decisions
wealth and poverty
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Recognising cultural Differences
- Taking part in classroom responsibilities
Language, Literacy and
Communication:
Rhyming
Countries
Greetings
Languages
Nursery Rhymes
Mathematical
Development:
Pattern making
Time
Money – British & foreign
Length/Measuring
Creative Development:
Music from around the
world
Multicultural patterns
Printing patterns
Material for clothes
Taking photographs
Knowledge and
Understanding of the
World:
Learning about different
countries
Traditional Clothes
Celebrations
Local Newspapers
Physical Development:
Hand clapping games
Moving in different ways
e.g. swirling and turning
Bilingualism:
Vocabulary of Colours
Buying in the shop
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Soap powder
Wash board
Scrubbing brushes
Sand Play
Confetti
Rice
Flower petals
Construction Area
Wheels
Tyres
Large material
Investigation Area
Globes
Maps
Artefacts
Outdoor Area
Washing line
Pegs
Sheets
Tyres
Wheels
Role Play
Clothes shop
Wedding clothes
Creative Area
Materials and
drapes
Binka - cross-stitch
Needles for sewing
Stamps for printing
ICT Area
Camera
Global Earth
Writing Area
Wedding invitations
Old newspapers
Messy Play
Cooking area:
Wedding cakes
Tuff Spot
Paints
Wet mud
Tyres – tyre prints
Maths Area
Tape Measures
Rulers
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: My Grandpa and the Sea
Author: Katherine Orr
Key Concepts of ESDGC:
Interdependence
Citizenship and Stewardship
Sustainable Change
ESDGC Themes:
natural environment
choices & decisions
culture & identity
wealth & poverty
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Recognising different lifestyles
- Recognising jobs people do
- Understanding that their own actions have consequences
- Identifying similarities and differences
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Creative Development:
Make and decorate varieties
Communication:
Development:
Phonic work linking sea life
Number, size, length,
of fish
and vegetation
weight of fish, shapes,
3D constructions
Lists of fish, sea food
counting, sorting, shopping Music from around the
Sea Poems e.g. “The waves
world
come in they bring me a …”
Sea shanties
“Fat fish, thin fish…”etc.
Banana prints
Knowledge and
Physical Development:
Bilingualism:
Vocabulary of food
Understanding of the World: Moving like fish
Handling and observing fresh Fishing with net
Vocabulary of travel
fish.
Healthy eating
The family
Identifying places- globe/ map Comparing diets
Grandparents
Navigating routes to get to
different places
Lifestyles of different families
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Sand Play
Creative Area
Writing Area
Fish
Shells
Construct a
Postcards
Boats – navigating
Conch
fishing net
Resources for pattern
around rocks
Different coloured
Threads
making
Underwater
sands
Wax
Construction Area Investigation Area
ICT Area
Maths Area
Equipment to build
Globes
Researching
Calculators
boats
Atlases / Maps
Bee-bit and floor
Weighing / Measuring
Compasses
plan
Different sizes of fish
Outdoor Area
Role Play
Messy Play
Tuff Spot
Fishing nets to
Fish shop
Cooked rice
Islands
trawl
Boat agency
Moulds
Boats travelling
Pebbles, fish, shell
Sailing the coast
Sight seeing
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story:
An Angel Just Like Me
Author: Mary Hoffman
Illustrations: Ying-Hwa Hu
Cornelius Van Wright
ESDGC Themes:
choices & decisions
culture & identity
Key Concepts of ESDGC:
Diversity
Citizenship &Stewardship
Values and Perceptions
Personal and Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity:
- Recognising and becoming increasingly sensitive to the needs of others
- Knowledge of familiar care routines
- Support, comfort and help other children when they are upset or sad.
- Awareness of similarities and differences between self and peers
- Ability to express feelings - Coping with disappointment
- Know that people have different preferences - see things from point of view of others
- Identify a problem and think of solutions
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Creative Development:
Making different
Communication:
Development:
Personal experiences of
Counting Decorations
decorations
Christmas
Sorting Decorations
Decorations
Lists – Letters
Shopping – money
Christmas songs
Celebrations in other
Time
Food from around the world
countries
Money
Decorate a tree
Decorations – phonic work Symmetry
Christmas Music
Stories about Father
Matching
Drama
Christmas
Bilingualism:
Knowledge and
Physical Development:
Christmas Food
Christmas Vocabulary
Understanding of the
Dances from different
Greetings
World:
Identifying places on globe countries
Food
different countries
Action songs
Decorations
Sustainable Transport
Christmas Story
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Winter time
Ice
Snow
Construction Area
Resources to make
stars, stables etc
Outdoor Area
Visit to shops to
see decorations
Decorate outdoors
for Christmas
Sand Play
Camels – Desert
3 kings
Investigation Area
Scents of Christmas
Globes/ Atlases
Role Play
Nativity
Santa’s Grotto
Creative Area
Glitter
Templates
Decorations
ICT Area
Search – Angels
in different
cultures
Cooking/Messy
Play
Angel cutters
Salt Dough
Cake ingredients
Writing Area
Letters - Lists
Catalogues – Cards
Envelopes
Maths Area
Calculators
Till for shopping
Box nets/grids
Tuff Spot
Winter wonderland
Nativity
Icing Sugar
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story:
Author: Mary Hoffman
Illustrations: Karen Littlewood
The Colour of Home
Key Concepts of ESDGC: ESDGC Themes:
Quality of life
choices & decisions
Needs and rights
culture & identity
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Recognises differences and similarities
- Human rights
- Refugees – Story about child having to move country and why
Language, Literacy and
Communication:
Travel – ways of travelling
round the World
Different ways of
Communicating – signing
Words in Somalia
Barnaby Bear
Knowledge and
Understanding of the
World:
Finding out about Somalia
- books – internet – globe
Clothes worn in different
countries
Water in the dry season
Mathematical
Development:
Numbers of people in the
family
Animals/Pets
Sorting animals
Graph work
Time
Capacity – water
Physical Development:
Travelling
Traffic lights Game
National dances
Creative Development:
Representing own home
Drama: How does he feel?
What sort of music would
He hear?
Happy/Sad sounds
Water music
Water in bottles to make
different sounds
Bilingualism:
Colours
Feelings
Likes/dislikes
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Boats
Sand Play
Dry earth –
exploring effects of
water
Construction Area
Materials to make
boats/ vehicles
Animals from
different cultures
Outdoor Area
Exploring shadows
sundial
Investigation Area
Globes
Maps
Types of food
Role Play
Colourful Home
Travel Agent
Creative Area
Resources for
exploring colours
using different
resources
ICT Area
Internet
Maps
Bee-Bot Journeys
Writing Area
Postcards
Messy Play
Tuff Spot
Animals in soil
Maths Area
Clocks
Watches
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story:
Author: Carolyn Curtis
I took the moon for a walk Illustrations: Alison Jay
Key Concepts of ESDGC:
Values and Perceptions
ESDGC Themes:
natural environment
culture & identity
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- How we treat each other
- Respect for others
- Feelings
- Taking care of each other
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Creative Development:
Junk modelling
Communication:
Development:
Journeys
tall and short
Mobile
Describing day
over and under
Sky scenes
Wishes
time
Cloud spotting
calendar
Making trains
The Planets - Holst
Knowledge and
Physical Development:
Bilingualism:
space rockets – travelling
Animals
Understanding of the
tiptoe – giant
Feelings
World:
Reflections using mirrors
steps
Colours
Map of Journey of the
man on the moon
Songs
moon
Dance Activities
The world at night
Night animals
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Floating objects
Swans, boats
Reflections
Construction Area
Bridge Building
Resources
Lego
Polydron
Sand Play
Bridges
Tracks
Paths
Investigation Area
Mirrors
Stars
Torches
Puppets
Creative Area
Balloons
Papier mache
Train whistles
ICT Area
NASA images
Planets
Space information
Outdoor Area
Role Play
Rocket
Astronauts
Messy Play
Cotton wool
Glitter/foil
Writing Area
Stars
Letters
Maths Area
Circular shapes
Tuff Spot
Spaghetti
Gloop
Texture
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: Here we go round
Author: Fred Penner
Illustrations: Sophie Fatus
the Mulberry Bush
Key Concepts of ESDGC: ESDGC Themes:
Cultural Diversity/
culture & identity
Citizenship
choices & decisions
Interdependence
natural environment
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Tolerance and acceptance
- Daily routines: hygiene - recognising differences
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Creative Development:
Make different breakfasts –
Communication:
Development:
rhyming words
pattern – fabrics
paper plates
singing songs
data handling – How do we Patterns in World Art
writing own travel story
come to school?
Printing fabrics
water poems
Capacity
Printing with berries etc e.g.
Quantities and 1-1
staining
correspondence
Singing songs from around
the world
Knowledge and
Physical Development:
Bilingualism:
Action songs
Multilingual greetings
Understanding of the
Miming
Personal routines
World:
sequencing daily routine
Dressing and undressing
Singing songs about
day/night
washing
plants
uses of water
tasting different breakfasts
cooking breakfast e.g. toast
etc.
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
washing up
washing dolls
filling and
emptying
Construction Area
Transport
Clay pots/bowls
Outdoor Area
Journeys – packing
bags and travelling
using bikes etc
Sand Play
Combs and brushes
for pattern making
Investigation Area
Fabrics
Saris
mirrors
Role Play
Hair dressers
Home corner
- bedrooms/kitchen
Creative Area
Toothbrushes
Ribbon weaving
Making “cheerio”
necklaces
ICT Area
Recording own
singing
Global Earth
Messy Play
Foam – mark
making
Writing Area
Chinese writing tools
Natural objects to make
symbols
Maths Area
Shapes
Buttering different
shaped toast
Tuff Spot
Cereals
Porridge
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: Grace and Family
Author: Mary Hoffman
Illustrations: Caroline Binch
Key Concepts of ESDGC: ESDGC Themes:
Cultural Diversity
culture & identity
choices & decisions
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Feelings and emotions
- Empathy towards others
- Relationships in families
- Respect for different cultures
- People who are special to me
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Creative Development:
African Music and
Communication:
Development:
Creative Writing
Shopping activities
instruments
Letter writing/postcards
- buying water melons,
African Art
Traditional stories from
shoes etc in the market
Looking at clothing patterns
other countries
- Weighing activities
Pattern making
Luggage labels
- Matching activities
Printing
Rainbows
Tie dye
Knowledge and
Physical Development:
Bilingualism:
African Dance
Names of family members
Understanding of the
Crocodile Movements
Vocabulary of travel
World:
Finding out about different Farewell party
Names of animals
countries
Plans of journeys
Transport, tickets etc
Globe work
Family trees / Weather
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Crocodiles
Coloured water
Sand Play
Wet sand
Animal for
footprint patterns
Construction Area
Plants to make
scenes when
building
Investigation Area
Globe
Reference books
Maps
Outdoor Area
Outdoor market
Role Play
Hairdressers
Shopping – day at
the market
Traditional clothes
Creative Area
Fruit for printing
Sketching
materials
Fabric crayons
ICT Area
Global Earth
2Simple Software
– design patterns
for garments
Messy
Play/Cooking
Traditional dishes
Swamps – mud
and water
Writing Area
Luggage Labels
Postcards
Maths Area
Items for pattern making
Tuff Spot
Lime jelly – swamp
Stones, pebbles
Small world animals
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: Gregory Cool
Author: Caroline Binch
Key Concepts of ESDGC: ESDGC Themes:
Diversity
choices & decisions
Conflict Resolution
culture & identity
Citizenship/Stewardship
natural environment
Quality of life
Values and perceptions
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Recognising differences
- Being sensitive to the needs of others
- Expressing feelings
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Creative Development:
Collage
Communication:
Development:
Diary Activities
Counting activities
Clay model houses
Discussions about feelings
Time
World music
Listing differences and
Sorting
Painting using book as
similarities
Temperature
stimulus
Descriptions
Continuing the story
Knowledge and
Physical Development:
Bilingualism:
Needing food and drink for Naming locations
Understanding of the
health
Naming animals
World:
Food
Keeping cool
Times of day
Identifying places on globe Swimming
Family members
Learning about different
Climbing
countries
Gymnastics
Navigating Routes
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Boats
Nets
Dolphins/sharks
Construction Area
Boxes
Bricks for houses
stilts
Outdoor Area
Beach area
Making shade area
Picnic area
Sand Play
Pebbles
Water
Shells
Sticks
Palm Leaves
Investigation Area
Globes
Atlas
Maps
Coconuts
Role Play
Airport/aeroplane
Picnic area
Creative Area
Copies of pictures
Paints
Junk modelling
Writing Area
diaries
postcards
ICT Area
Global Earth
Sounds of insects
Maths Area
Shells
pebbles
clocks
thermometers
Tuff Spot
Rice-dyed
Cooking Activities
Hot spicy food
tasting
Coconut ice
Picnic food
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: We’re going on a Lion Hunt
Author: David Axtell
Key Concepts of ESDGC:
ESDGC Themes:
Diversity
choices & decisions
Citizenship
natural environment
Values and perceptions
culture & identity
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Problem solving
- Respect for diversity
- Desire to participate
- Negotiation
- Creativity
Creative Development:
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical
Communication:
Collage work using
Development:
Prepositions work
Counting animals
different textures
Sequencing the story in drama
Sorting by type/colour
Camouflage
Initial blends work e.g. sw, squ, Counting in 2’s
Mixing colours to make
spl etc.
Pattern making
shades of green
Knowledge and
Understanding of the World:
Geographical features
Mapping the story using
geographical features
Positional language
Physical
Development:
Physical journey in
drama/movement
Movement connected to
positional language
Moving like animals
Bilingualism:
Geographical features
Language of moving in
different ways
Colours
Animal names
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Small world
animals
Moving water
using implements
Construction Area
Plants
Sand
Green fabric
animals
Outdoor Area
Use of long grass
area to retell story
and apparatus to
represent locations.
Sand Play
Using sand to map
out the journey
- drawing in sand
using sticks
Investigation Area
Globes
Maps
Atlases
Role Play
African costumes
Location resources
Creative Area
Textured paper
Patterned paper
Stencils
Junk modelling
ICT Area
Google earth
Scene making
Bee-bot and floor
plan
Messy Play
Mud
Water
Sand
grass
Writing Area
Large paper for mapping
Word cards – positional
Blend word cards
Maths Area
animals
printing materials for
pattern making
Tuff Spot
Different ground surfaces
Pebbles
Characters
Animals
Foundation Phase - Planning for Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship through stories
Story: The World Came to Author:
Jo Readman and Ley Honor Roberts
My Place Today
Key Concepts of ESDGC:
ESDGC Themes:
Interdependence
choices & decisions
Citizenship and stewardship
climate change / health
Diversity
natural environment
Personal & Social Development, Well Being & Cultural Diversity:
- Recognising that we can all work together to achieve an outcome
- Understanding that actions have consequences
- Recognising differences
- Turn taking and sharing
- Taking part in classroom responsibility
- Recognising the jobs other people do
Language, Literacy and
Mathematical Development:
Creative
Shopping
Activities
Communication:
Development:
Phonic work linking food,
Sorting activities
Music from around
countries, modes of
Counting activities
the world
transport to letters of the
Matching activities
Travelling songs
alphabet
Weighing and measuring
World art
Lists of food
List of ways of travelling
Creative writing – where
would I go?
Knowledge and
Physical Development:
Bilingualism:
Using our bodies to travel in
Vocabulary of
Understanding of the
different ways
food
World:
Identifying places on the
Needing food for health
Vocabulary of
globe
travel
Learning from different
Buying in the shop
countries
Postman activities
Navigating routes
Additional Resources to enrich child-initiated activities
Water Play
Boats
Straws
Sand Play
Puffed rice
Creative Area
Things to make boats
Construction Area
Wheels
Plants in pots
Outdoor Area
Sand
Ropes
Journeys
Assault course
Investigation Area
Globes/atlases
maps
Role Play
Shops/supermarket
Travel agent
ICT Area
Global earth
Bee-bots/floor plans
Cooking Area
Pizza bases
Tomato sauce
Cheese
Writing Area
Letters
Envelopes
Clipboards
Maths Area
calculators
food to sort/count
Tuff Spot
Trains
Journey layout