Understanding the World

22 videos

Igniting interest in books

These children are observing minibeasts in the school grounds.

Listening, talking and observing to understand ...

On discovering badger holes, children make observations about their nocturnal life.

Communication and language, rich language envir...

A 'ride' on a train made from cardboard boxes inspires communication, mathematical and musical activity.

Communication and language through an arts acti...

Children make puppets from natural materials and create stories around their projected images.

Inspiring Writing

Inspired by a visit to the forest to collect materials, children print a collage.

Observing and recording to understand the world

Nursery children mainatian a biird table.

Making a car

Dolf uses crates, tyres and other materials to construct a car.

Incorporating French into the school day

A class teacher talks about how French is incorporated into the wider curriculum.

Expressive arts and design: The Telescope

A boy is making a telescope, as part of a series of pirate-related activities.

Developing language through an arts activity

Children are decorating sticks making a musical instrument.

Inspiring Communication and Language

A visit to the local museum prompts a whole range of high quality language.

Releasing the butterflies commentary

Practitioner Emma reflects on the clip "Releasing the Butterflies'.

The shop

Children role play in the classroom shop.

Making pots

A visiting potter is working on his wheel with Nursery children.

Building a bridge

Nursery children use a variety of materials to build a bridge.

Releasing the butterflies

Both years in EYFS have been nurturing butterflies and today, they are to be released.

The water wall

Five boys, with a range of heritage languages, play independently with water.

Representing ideas through design and technology

Dolf constructs a model responding to a stimulus about fresh fruit.

Observing themed play

The clip follows a complete morning of largely independent free flow activity part way through the theme pirates.

Making relationships

Children are constructing a framework to suspend artefacts collected at Forest School.

Our own museum

Following a visit to the local museum, these nursery children are planning and setting up their own museum in the rol...

Building a Forest School shelter

Children at a forest school are building a shelter.