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Fun by the Water

Use your imagination to describe the things you find by the water

  • 20 minutes
  • Optional: printer
  • Stay together

A quick starter activity, encouraging children to think of fun, descriptive words for a waterside object of their choice.

Guidance notes

With a template of a waterside location (beach, canal, lake, river, and more) to work from, children are given 10 minutes to work in pairs, writing down all the descriptive words they can think of to do with their chosen environment.

Workshop resources

Curriculum links

England

  • Eng, KS1, PE, Swimming and Water Safety
  • Eng, KS1, RSE, Health and Wellbeing, Personal Safety, Basic First Aid
  • Eng, EYFS, Physical Development & KS1, PSHE Health & Wellbeing, Living in the Wider World

Northern Ireland

  • Foundation and KS1, PD&MU, Personal Understanding and Health, Safety

Republic of Ireland

  • Aistear, Wellbeing and SPHE, Myself

Scotland

  • Early and First Level, Health and Wellbeing (HWB)

Wales

  • Health and well-being

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