Reimagining the ordinary

Spark imaginations with Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis and Billy’s Bucket by Kes Gray and Garry Parsons. Explore sentence building and punctuation, writing labels and signs.

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Not a stick (suggested as 5 days)

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Exploring and Playing

Small world
Stick maths
Stick painting
Sticky pictures

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Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis

Phonics: Code-Breakers

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SPaG Presentations

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Group Readers

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Reimagining the ordinary

Not a stick (suggested as 5 days)

Active Learning

Group Learning

Exploring and Playing

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Billy's Bucket (suggested as 5 days)

Active Learning

Group Learning

Exploring and Playing

You Will Need

Sticks and Leaves (suggested as 5 days)

Active Learning

Group Learning

Exploring and Playing

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Not a stick (suggested as 5 days)

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Exploring and Playing

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Group Learning

Exploring and Playing

You Will Need

Sticks and Leaves (suggested as 5 days)

Active Learning

Group Learning

Exploring and Playing

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