ang3568 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 The children in my reception class are really keen to set up an animal rescue centre role play - so we thought we would cover the topic 'our pets'- does anyone have any ideas for this topic? I'm planning this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittycat1279 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I did a pets topic several years a go. I'm trying to rack my brains as to what we did. I know the children chose a pet they would like and made a home for it thinking about it's needs - food, drink, toys etc... You may be able to get a local RSPCA person in to talk about looking after pets. If I remeber anything else I will post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Our children have brought in photos of their pets for wall display - provided lots of interesting opportunities for discussion. Sunnyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green hippo Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 This was one of our very first themes this year! We had a visit from the Dogs trust (they brought in a dog). We made a class fish-bowl - fish hanging from the ceiling! We made a small-world pet area - the children made homes for the pets We made cages, kennels, cat baskets, stables out of construction and junk materials Circle time: Pets we own/would like to own, looking after our pets Making sounds of the different pet animals Move like different pets Drawing and painting pet animals using different media Sharing stories about pets: Spot books, Annabel's friend, Kipper stories etc Hide and seek small world pet animals - positional language Role-play - outdoors - Vets (used wheeled vehicles as pet ambulances!) Used www.schoolpdsa.org.uk - videos and games about what different pet animals eat. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennim Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 A course I attended once showed a way of starting such a theme - the teacher had put a largish toy dog up in a nearby tree, with sign saying 'HELP!', and I think a bandaged paw! It got a fantastic response from the children, how did he get there? Also lots of problem solving opportunities about how to rescue the dog. They then had to go on to set up a rescue centre and look after the dog. Other pets came in from home, with bandages aplenty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 "Dear Zoo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Create a pet themed sack Pet story sack week This is the powerpoint I created about our puppy Archie-feel free to use. He's been into 4 classes now and he's natural!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 my daughter recently did this for a week at school. They started off by taking in a photo of their pet for a wall display then they drew pictures of their pets for another wall display they made pet carriers for their toy pet filled with feather boas, cotton wool etc for a nice comfy bed and they took their favourite toy pet into school for a day, carried them around all day, put a name tag on them to say who they belonged to and finally on the last day they were visited by a family of tortoises. She's in reception and absolutely loved! Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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