Early Years Foundation Stage Session Plan

(modified Oct 2009)

Class Area of Learning & Date: 1/02/10

Nursery Development
KUW Time: am/pm
Exploration & Investigation
EYFS Reference Relationship to Prior & Future
22-36 Are curious & interested in making Learning
things happen Use of IWB for creating shadow
30-50 Know how to operate simple
General interest in dinosaurs in
equipment
preceeding week
40-60 Use ICT to perform simple
functions Continuation PM Dino 5 music (IWB)

Learning Objectives & Success Resources & Learning Links to other Areas of Learning
Criteria Environment Including Provision for Child
Children realise that a shadow is (Also consider any additional Initiated Activities
formed when something goes in resources you will need to
between light & screen. enhance the learning of Creative Development:
Try to make hand shadow animals bilingual pupils and the needs of exploring media & materials
Make silhouette picture of dinosaur individual learners)
PSED Behaviour & self
control (turn taking)
IWB, hand shadow animal
guide, plastic dinosaurs,
paper & pencil

Assessment
Who is to be assessed? By whom? How? (give details)
□ Observation
a,b,c,d,e x,y,z □ Focused questions/open
ended questions
□ Self/peer assessment
□ Work samples/portfolios

Open questions about where they

have seen shadows? Sunny days? At
night? In car headlights?

Links to learning at home/in the

community

Shadow puppet show?

Dinosaurs on TV eg Barney.
Visit to Natural History
Museum? Books about
Dinosaurs

Lesson Introduction Key Vocabulary

Shadow, light, hands,
Remember last week we silhouette
noticed shadow on IWB? Blocked light

Try making these shadow

animals: dog, rabbit, bird, Focus Questions (open/closed)
swan
Where have you seen
What other animals can you shadow? What does the
make? shadow of my hands look like
to you? Why do you think it
happens?
Main Part of Session

Children try to recreate

shadow animals with their Differentiation / Activities to
hands Support and/or Extend Learning
Try to put objets in front of
Teacher models example animals.
light with A3 paper blue- Suggests using dinosaurs. Encourage
tacked to IWB and children alternative, child initiated input
trace round the Listen to Dino 5(tracy,trex,billy,dj
steg,teo pterodactyl
outline/silhouette

Planning for Additional Adults

Try with non focus children.

Plenary Colour in silhouette picture
Get chn to recount how they made
their silhouette hand
animals/pictures
Show other children how to
do it

Evaluation of Teaching and

Learning
Consider how well the lesson
met the learning objectives to
inform your future planning.