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Fidget Toys

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Wellbeing, Just for Fun
Location: Outside, Inside
  It’s good to fidget! Here is a fun activity to make your own fidget spinner out of recycled materials. Also, if you want an alternative you can also make a squeeze ball. Fidgeting is something we all do and is not a way of being disruptive but a way for individuals to release excess… Read More »Fidget Toys

Mental Health First Aid Kit

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Wellbeing
Location: Inside
What is mental health and why is it important for your overall well being? Is it important to recognise and mind your overall mental health and well-being? Do you know what mental health means? Before watching the following video ask  yourself what mental health means to you? Your mental health first aid kit Just like… Read More »Mental Health First Aid Kit

Changing Weather

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: STEM, Environment
Location: Outside, Inside
Build your own weather instruments to find out what's happening to the climate where you are!

Bug Hotel

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Environment
Location: Outside, Inside
Build a bug hotel for spiders, woodlice, beetles, bees and more

Bouquet of Rubbish

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Wellbeing, Just for Fun
Location: Inside
Brighten Your day Instructions Make a bouquet of flowers out of recycled materials to brighten a room and lift your mood. This activity is focused on creating a life lasting bouquet of flower you can display in your house or give to a friend to brighten up a mood. Things you will need: recycled materials hot… Read More »Bouquet of Rubbish

Bookshelf audit

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Equality & Inclusion
Location: Inside
Look through your books and think about who is represented in the stories you read

Create a Co-op

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Cooperation
Location: Inside, Online
Design your own co-operative business

Journeys to school

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Just for Fun
Location: Outside, Inside
Find out how children around the world travel to school then create a map of your school journey using pictures and symbols.

Hedgerow Soup

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Environment
Location: Outside
Make a healthy soup with the stinging nettles you find in your hedgerow!

Children’s Rights Treasure Hunt

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Human Rights
Location: Outside, Inside
Create a treasure hunt and get thinking about the UN convention of the rights of the child

Where are Decisions Made?

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Democracy, Human Rights, Justice
Location: Inside, Online
Explore where decisions are made that affect our everyday lives, our homes, schools, groups and wider society.

Spring Nature Bingo

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Environment, Just for Fun
Location: Outside
Make your walks, scooters and skates more interesting and exciting and take in the most of the world around us