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Jack and the Beanstalk

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The Beanstalk

What you will need:

l Paper platesl Cotton wooll Castle picture, Jack, harp, cow, bag of gold templates (provided)l Leaf template (provided)l Green paperl Kitchen roll tubel Colouring pencilsl Green/brown pipe cleanerl Scissors l Glue

Instructions:

1. Cover your kitchen roll with green paper and glue into place.

2. Photocopy the leaf template on to green paper, cut out the leaves, punch holes in the middle of the leaves and thread onto the pipe cleaner.

3. Wrap the pipe cleaner and leaves around the kitchen roll.

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4. Decorate the paper plate with the cotton wool balls and attach the plate to the roll using sticky tape.

5. Colour in the castle and other template pieces.

6. Cut out the template pieces.

7. Decorate the paper plate by arranging the castle and other pieces by sticking them onto the cotton balls to make them stand up.

8. Your beanstalk is now complete!

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Cow

Castle

Jack

HarpGold

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Masks

What you will need:

l Mask templates (provided)l Lollipop sticksl Scissorsl Sticky tapel Colouring pencils

Instructions:

1. Photocopy the mask templates.

2. Colour in the mask using colouring pencils.

3. Cut out the masks.

4. Fix a lollipop stick to the back of the masks with sticky tape.

5. Your mask is now complete!

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Plant a beanstalk

What you will need:

l Plant pot / cupl Soill Jack template (provided)l Cane or pencill Sticky tapel A runner beanl Colouring pencils

Instructions:

1. Put some soil into your cup.

2. Put the runner bean into the soil.

3. Photocopy the Jack template onto white paper.

4. Colour in the Jack template and cut it out.

5. Attach Jack template on top of the cane/ pencil using sticky tape.

6. Place the cane/ pencil into the soil.

7. Wait for your runner bean to start growing.

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Kitchen roll giant

What you will need:

l Giant template (provided)l Toilet roll tubel Glue sticksl Scissorsl Colouring pencils.

Instructions:

1. Photocopy the giant template.

2. Colour in the giant template pieces.

3. Cut out the giant template pieces.

4. Stick the body to the toilet roll tube.

5. Stick the head to the top of the toilet roll tube.

6. Stick the arms on each side of the toilet roll tube.

7. Stick the feet on the bottom of the toilet roll tube.

8. Your giant is now complete!

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Don't let the giant catch you!

What you will need:

l Spot markers to mark out the beanstalk.

Instructions:

1. Place the spot markers on the fl oor in a zigzag pattern, leaving 3 foot between them. This will create a pretend beanstalk (As if climbing).

2. Choose a player to be the giant and get them to stand at the top of the beanstalk, facing away from the beanstalk.

3. The giant needs to pretend to be asleep and, every now and then, wake up and turn around and face the beanstalk.

Movement achieved:Climbing JumpingHopping SkippingCrawling

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Don't let the giant catch you!

4. The other players have to crawl, hop, jump or skip their way up the beanstalk before the giant wakes up. When he wakes up and turns around, the players need to be at the side of a spot marker. If they are not, they have to start again at the bottom of the beanstalk.

5. If a player makes it to the top of the beanstalk without being caught by the giant, they lightly tap the giant on the shoulder and that player then has a turn at becoming the giant. When a new giant is selected, all players start from the bottom of the beanstalk.

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Climbing

Safety!Ensure...• children are aw

are of other children’s hands w

hen climbing

• children climb no higher than their ow

n height

• the number of children clim

bing at any one tim

e is restricted

Remember to:• Practise craw

ling and ‘Craw

ling Soldiers’

• Allow children to clim

b up small objects

initially to get confidence and build up strength

• Explore activities that progress the ability to grip and grasp, e.g. holding hands, pulling a partner back and forth, pulling objects

• Practise marching, sim

ple stepping actions

(‘Foxes’) and crawling activities (‘C

rawling

Soldiers’) on the mat, encouraging legs and

arms to w

ork in opposition

1. Reach the right hand up and grip the bar/rung firmly by placing the thumb around the bar/rung

2. Step onto the first rung of the ladder/climbing frame with the right foot

3. Pull on the right hand and push with the left leg

4. Reach the left hand up and grip bar/rung firmly. At the same time step up onto the next bar/rung with the right foot

5. Continue to take one step at a time

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Jumping and Landing

Safety!Ensure...• children land on the balls of their feet

• children bend their legs on landing

• jumping on hard surfaces is kept to a

minim

um

• repetitive jumping is avoided

Remember to:• Bend knees and explode or jum

p up, reaching upw

ards. Work on bending and stretching

• Place markers for child to stand on at take-off

• Start with arm

s behind them and sw

ing them up

• Use their legs in the jum

p. Work on straight

body shape

• Curl back up on landing. G

o from a straight

shape to a sm

all shape

• Land as ‘quietly as a mouse’ on balls of feet

1. Feet shoulder width apart

2. Bend knees Frog Hoppingposition

3. Take the arms back and swing them forward and upward

4. Push off the balls of the feet and reach up as high as you can with the arms

5. Keep your body straight and head up

6. Land bending the hips, knees and ankles

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Hopping

Safety!Ensure...• children do not perform

too many

consecutive hops

• children bend their knees on landing

• children do not land on hoops

• the surface is safe/appropriate

Remember to:• Take-off from

ball of foot, bend knees, travel light footed. Practise activities that develop stepping and extending/reaching off tip-toes

• Arms assist w

ith movem

ent. Drive with both arm

s as hop onto the leg. Practise sw

inging action of arms

• Step onto hopping foot and drive up onto toes. Use

the non-support leg to drive up with the knee

• Ensure that the body does not lean forward too m

uch and the body gets too advanced on the landing foot. See if the child can hop and spot the landings

• Non-hopping leg needs to be held up off the fl oor

• Practise arm action

1. Lift one leg,bending knee

2. Bend the knee of the supporting leg

3. Drive elbowsbackwards

4. Push from the ball of the foot, swinging arms forwards and upwards

5. Land softly on the ball of the foot; and take-off, bending at the knee

5. Keep the head up and look forwards

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Skipping

Safety!Ensure...

• the area is free from objects

• the surface is not slippery

Remember to:• W

alk through the movem

ent with the child

• Reassure that this is the correct movem

ent, and explain that the skill needs to travel, arm

s need to be driven forward and

the hop phase needs to go forward

• Slow action dow

n and ask children to say actions out loud as they perform

, step-hop, step-hop, etc.

• Think of skipping as walking w

ith a little hop on the end of each step

2. Bend non-stepping leg and lift it up in front of the body

1. Step forward and hop onto that foot

3. Swing arms in opposition to the legs

4. Push strongly upwards and forwards during hop phase, using arms to assist and gain height and distance

5. Land softly on the balls of the feet

6. Keep the head up, looking forwards

7. Repeat with the other foot

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Crawling

Safety!Ensure...

• the surface is free from sharp objects

• that time spent craw

ling is kept to a m

inimum

to reduce friction burns

Remember to:• Keep head up

• Support weight on elbow

s

• Adopt shoulder-width base. Reinforce

opposite arm/leg m

ovement

• Encourage legs and arms to w

orktogether

• Slow dow

n and exaggerate action

1. Support thebodyweight on handsand knees in 'AngryCat' position

3. Reach forwardand move oppositeknee at same time

2. Hands are flat onfloor/surface

4. Arms and legs move in opposition

5. Knee is placed behind hand each time

6. Move forward ina straight line

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