Posts Tagged seaside

Seaside Display – family learning

Jun 15

Posted by Linda in Art, Family learning, halls and corridor displays, nursery | 1 Comment

seaside display, originally uploaded by LindaH.

This seaside display was made by a family learning class with help from the learning mentor. The children were all under four and attend the school nursery.
I am sure that displays like this are helpful in several ways:

  • Making the display provides a shape and purpose for the family learning sessions
  • The work gives lots of opportunities for speaking and listening skills to be practised
  • Encourages a sense of pride and achievement.
  • It promotes a sense of ownership in both the parents and the children

There are more, I’m sure. Seeing this I couldn’t help but think how much better it was than having the sort of Disney cartoon murals you sometimes see in nurseries and creches.

Practical Tips

To re-create this display
The starfish – breakfast cereal or pasta

seaside display
The crab – folded paper plate, card and googly eyes
Flickr Photo Download: seaside display
The hot air balloon- assorted collage items glued onto card then covered with cellophane, probably stapled.
Flickr Photo Download: seaside display

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History Classroom Displays -Then and Now

Mar 20

Posted by Linda in ICT, KS1, history, project based learning | 6 Comments

At The Seaside
This is a lovely history classroom wall display for a key stage 1 class. The Then and Now topic is interesting but can be tricky for Year 1. They have so little concept of the past at this age. Last year seems an age ago to some of them :-)
It’s a great opportunity for embedding ICT though. It’s worth remembering that ICT in Key Stage 1 isn’t all about computers. I’ve seen it taught very effectively using the following resources:

  • Tape recorder to tape invited in grandparent’s recollections of the seaside,
  • a Slideshow of seaside images from the past up on the IWB
  • Magic Grandad Seaside Holiday (Magic Grandad) used on the IWB
  • Begged and borrowed photos of the local seaside, then and now (This was in Lancaster so Morecambe is just down the road)
  • Learning and recording a variety of old seaside songs (favourites like “Oh I do like to be beside the seaside” etc.)
  • A classroom timeline border that stayed up and got longer through the year.
  • Softease timeline CD
  • Clicker grids for My Seaside Holiday
  • Role play room transformed into a beach and seaside cafe.
  • Robust hand held tape recorders for interviewing each other in role

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