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Reception - The Gingerbread Man

These topic plans will give you plenty of ideas and inspiration for getting your children immersed in the Gingerbread Man outdoors! Your children will have the opportunity to use the story to provide context for new learning enquiries based on ideas from the plot, using the 7 main principles of play and outdoor activities!

The Gingerbread Man enhancement plan

Lines of enquiry covered:

  • How can we help The Gingerbread Man cross the water?
  • Where has The Gingerbread Man been?
  • How could The Gingerbread Man have ended differently?
  • How can we get across bodies of water?

Get your children engaging with your outdoor provision by exploring water through floating and bridge building, and creating characters from the story. Each of these themed play ideas also offer adult-led learning opportunities to deepen children’s learning through hands-on exploration.

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The Gingerbread Man activity bank

Lines of enquiry covered:

  • How can we help The Gingerbread Man escape?
  • How can The Gingerbread Man travel faster?
  • Which materials would make the best boat for a gingerbread man?
  • Where did the gingerbread man go?
  • How do we bake a Gingerbread Man?

These outdoor activities give your children the opportunity to investigate the way the Gingerbread Man travels in the story and explore further how they can adapt and change this using your outdoor space. All paper resources included to make bringing these activities to life quick and easy!

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Reception Topic Planning Guidance

Use this guidance document alongside our planning to ensure you are able to use them in a way that works for your setting and get the most from the plans.

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Mrs Davies

Amazing resources which have really helped our school be more confident in using the outdoor space to enhance the children's learning. Great, fun, easy to follow lesson plans, which link directly to the key objectives!

Sharon Taylan

The Alfresco planning hub is a fantastic resources with lesson that are easy to pick up and teach. I use them both as full lesson, lesson starters and intervention session for an LSA. Would highly recommend.

Karyn Weglarz

I am a member of the Planning Hub and I love the variety of lessons provided. Most lessons need only simple materials that I usually already have on hand. I love taking my students out with these lessons.

Amy McTague

Brilliant resources, easy to follow and adapt for learners, clear progression!

Laura Walton

The online planning hub is a lifesaver. I teach in KS1 and the children always ask when we are going outside and parents always say how excited the children are about their outdoor learning. It is exactly what I was looking for and have now been using it for several years. Thank you for such a brilliant resource!