KS1 - Getting to know you

Connect with your children and give them the opportunity to explore who they are using these outdoor lessons. Inside, you’ll find plenty of low-resource, quick-to-prep and engaging activities for children to learn more about themselves while also connecting them with nature in a meaningful way.

Lesson Plans

Recognising what makes us special

During this outdoor lesson, children will use the nature in your surroundings as a way to facilitate discussion around what makes them special while also complimenting others.

Learning objective:

To recognise what makes us special

Recognising ways in which we are unique

The main activity of this outdoor lesson gives you a chance to get to know your children and for them to build connections with each other. Through large-scale working in the playground, children will learn something new about each other.

Learning objective:

To recognise the ways in which we are all unique

Identifying what we are good at and our likes and dislikes

Have your children identify and share their likes and dislikes with each other. This outdoor lesson gives them an opportunity to discover why they might enjoy or dislike doing certain things and reflect on this.

Learning objective:

To identify what we are good at and what we like and dislike

Choosing a class ethos

During this outdoor lesson, your children will come together to create a class ethos, alongside completing some exciting Hapa Zome artwork to represent this too!

Learning objective:

To choose our class ethos

Before you get started

Safety and suistanability is super important!