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Various subject areas and age groups from health and social care, childcare to forest school. www.coursedetective.co.uk
Become a 'Mini Critters Go' catcher!
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Become a 'Mini Critters Go' catcher!

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Explore nature with this fun and interactive worksheet. It can be adapted for different abilities and groups by allowing the children to conduct their own research or providing identification cards. This gets children active and engaged, along with a fun theme. In addition, there are links to the curriculum including numeracy and more! All in one download!
Risk and Challenge
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Risk and Challenge

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This includes a power point, lesson plan and fact finder sheet. This help students to; Engage in an information hunt activity about risk and challenge. Recognise key information about risk and challenge and outline what has been recognised using your factsheet. Compare and contrast the information that has been obtained. Useful for childcare/ childhood qualifications including; Degrees, CACH, Btec and more.
Muddy bundles signs for outoors
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Muddy bundles signs for outoors

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What can you find sign Picture of possible resources Cake mud play sign Get crafty sign Could be used as part of a display about outdoor area
Play and the UN Convention; CACHE/ BTEC/ CHILDCARE
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Play and the UN Convention; CACHE/ BTEC/ CHILDCARE

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Play and the UN convention, mix and match activities. Students can either take part in the activities or research how children might take part. Then could make links to how the activities support the rights to play. CACHE, BTEC, CHILDCARE, EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR, Childcare, learning and development.
Play and the UN Convention; CACHE/ BTEC/ CHILDCARE
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Play and the UN Convention; CACHE/ BTEC/ CHILDCARE

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Play and the UN convention, mix and match activities. Mix and match, 2nd edition Students can either take part in the activities or research how children might take part. Then could make links to how the activities support the rights to play. CACHE, BTEC, CHILDCARE, EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR, Childcare, learning and development.
Squidgebob character pack to promote reading, writing in key stage 1, 2, EYFS/ EYFP/ wall dispalys
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Squidgebob character pack to promote reading, writing in key stage 1, 2, EYFS/ EYFP/ wall dispalys

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These quirky characters can help with ideas to Play games in Early Years, create activities and challenges for the outdoors and forest school, spark ideas for writing stories in key stage 1 and 2, make rhymes, match to meet and develop curriculum outcomes, learning about ‘ourselves’, likes, dislikes and much more, take it the way you and your children wish to meet their learning needs! Guess which animals they are made up of! The Squidgebobs are introduced in this pack, they have elephant bodies and giraffe necks and heads. They could be laminated, cut out for you to place them where you wish in your classroom/ learning area or used as whole pictures/ photos for displays etc. Some ideas may be that they get stuck in certain situations and need the children's help or the children could develop a wall display with stories about their antics. They each have their own unique personality so each may solve problems or find sticky situations differently, this may help the children to develop a empathy. Thank you for purchasing and have fun! Ideal for Early years foundation stage/ phase, key stage 1 and 2, outdoor, forest school, reading and writing, stories, poems and more.
Teaching about play, hands on experience for childcare/ early years students
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Teaching about play, hands on experience for childcare/ early years students

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Teaching about play, hands on experience for childcare/ early years students. Students can try out the activities to support and start to promote learning how children play, the benefits and how they develop and learn skills. Students could write down how each activity develops personal, physical, social, emotional and social development. CACHE, BTEC AQA, EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES UNITS
Simple, last minute children's outdoor activities
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Simple, last minute children's outdoor activities

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Simple, last minute children's outdoor activities Whether a teacher/ parent or relative, these fun activities will engage your child/ children in outdoor play, minimal resources required as long as you have access to the outdoors! 58% Savings when purchased as a bundle!
H and SC, Exam Unit 9, fun revision, bumper pack
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H and SC, Exam Unit 9, fun revision, bumper pack

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Tried and tested! Great fun. Included; cootie catchers, snakes and ladders game, adapted versions to meet needs, blank templates, teachers guide, teachers answers. These Cootie Catchers are a super fun revision tool. Including a cootie catcher with a range of questions to promote revision and knowledge of the healthy living Unit 9 in Btec level 2 health and social care. Contains pictures. Also another cootie catcher which has extra pictures added, this supports differentiation and provides extra prompts. Select to suit each individual student! How to play; Once the cootie catcher is made, one player picks an image from healthy eating, water, running or sleeping, which ever they pick from these, the other player spells out, for example; H E A L T H Y E A T I N G, THEN IT WILL LAND SHOWING 4 OF THE 8 IMAGES; These may be in the form of coloured circles/ shaped depending on the subject. These are to represent a colour, for example there might be a PINK trainer and a PURPLE bed and Black berries etc. The player then spells out the colour of the image. This will land on 4 of the 8 images again, the player picks an image to open at this point. The question is read out by the other player and an answer is attempted, it can be discussed in pairs if required as it all helps with exam revision. This game is a super fun revision tool. Including a snakes and ladders game with a range of questions to promote revision and knowledge of the healthy living Unit 9 in Btec level 2 health and social care. Also another game which is the same with extra pictures added, this supports differentiation and provides extra prompts. Finally, a blank template is included to challenge students to research and produce their own game! Select to suit each individual student! Students roll the dice, play the traditional way, answering questions to move up the ladder, moving down the snake if unsure but can revisit by playing again. Btec, OCR, GCSE, A level health and social care, healthy living. External assessment/ exam. All you need is a dice for each game. Have fun! 50% saving! when buying as a bundle bumper pack!
Forest school lesson/ session plans
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Forest school lesson/ session plans

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Forest school lesson/ session plans These plans have been successfully used for a primary school programme by a forest school leader. There are links to the curriculum- literacy and numeracy, Roman and Celt theme/ topic links, adult/ child led activities, health and safety, resources required, differentiation and more, also a tool safety poster.
Health and Social care, unit 2 care values matching game btec
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Health and Social care, unit 2 care values matching game btec

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Health and Social care, unit 2 care values matching game btec Teacher tips; This is a fun, engaging game, simply print out the pages, for each card, the ‘make a match’ writing is on one side and either a picture or writing on the other. Once printed out, fold in half and either glue or laminate. Print out as many sets as you like to suit your students needs. This game will develop their knowledge of care values. An example game could be to work out who has their matching card, could also be played in other ways. Btec level 2, unit 2, Health and social care..
Snakes and ladders; Btec Health and social care, unit 9 healthy living exam revision, knowledge.
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Snakes and ladders; Btec Health and social care, unit 9 healthy living exam revision, knowledge.

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This game is a super fun revision tool. Including a snakes and ladders game with a range of questions to promote revision and knowledge of the healthy living Unit 9 in Btec level 2 health and social care. Also another game which is the same with extra pictures added, this supports differentiation and provides extra prompts. Finally, a blank template is included to challenge students to research and produce their own game! Select to suit each individual student! Students roll the dice, play the traditional way, answering questions to move up the ladder, moving down the snake if unsure but can revisit by playing again. Btec, OCR, GCSE, A level health and social care, healthy living. External assessment/ exam. All you need is a dice for each game. Have fun!
Spot it to win it game for Btec health and social care level 2 care values unit
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Spot it to win it game for Btec health and social care level 2 care values unit

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This is a fun and engaging game to empower learners to explore the Care values for Btec Health and social care, Level 3- unit 2. The aim of the game is for learners to have the most counters on the board of answers (this is the sheet with a table containing pictures and written statements. Students do this by picking a card to read out loud in a group of two to three players. The player to spot the answer, place their counter on it to ‘win’ that square. There are sheets with questions on in addition to extend their knowledge and research skills to support their assignment and assess knowledge. Have fun! (There are counter templates that learners can cut out and colour, 15 each is required, or provide your own) (To create the cards, print, cut and fold in half, laminate if required, print single sided!
A Breath of Fresh Air in the Wild (Zelda Inspired) Computer game inspired outdoor
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A Breath of Fresh Air in the Wild (Zelda Inspired) Computer game inspired outdoor

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Welcome to this jam packed 25 page action and adventure outdoor game. Get youngsters outdoors with this computer game inspired activity challenge. You will find information and challenges to print off. There is a map template which you can adapt to suit your environment, you could place the challenges in small containers around your area for the children to follow the map, take part and earn hearts to defeat the monster villains! This game will promote Holistic development, for example; Great physical exercise (fine and gross motor skills, fitness, balance...) Collaboration, working together or solving problems individually. Maths!; Working out different combinations, adding hearts up and more Learning about the environment Gaining an understanding that violence is not needed to defeat the monster villains (covering them with hearts instead) PSHE This is ideal for a teacher with a class, outdoor play leader/ forest school leader, parent and so on! Flexible. Even host your own! Have fun!
'Find me...find a fact' Scavenger hunt. Play, learning, science and nature, key stage, outdoor
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'Find me...find a fact' Scavenger hunt. Play, learning, science and nature, key stage, outdoor

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A flexible activity to promote exploration, thinking skills and research skills, great for both the outdoor environment and carrying out further research from books or the internet. There are pictures of nature in the left column, children can interpret these pictures as they wish. Then in the other column boxes there are prompts to write, draw and find out a fact about something the child does not know yet about what they have found. Extra sheets are included for children to add their own pictures or write up extra facts and so on. Supports play, learning, science and nature, key stage one and two, eyfs/ eyfp, outdoor, also a useful teaching tool for child development, e.g. CACHE, BA Honours Early childhood studies and more, students could test it out and evaluate how children learn etc
"Try me" Box. Perfect for outdoour area/ activities/ forest school/ EYFS/EYFP/ Early years activity
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"Try me" Box. Perfect for outdoour area/ activities/ forest school/ EYFS/EYFP/ Early years activity

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Try me" Box. Perfect for outdoour area/ activities/ forest school/ EYFS/EYFP/ Early years activity A fun selection of activity prompts to set out in your outdoor area/ forest school area or a family activity! Children can take it in their own direction! Simply print out, laminate and place in a box ready for children to choose from. (A waterproof plastic box would be ideal) outdoor play and learning
Portable mud kitchen for outdoor play
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Portable mud kitchen for outdoor play

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Portable mud kitchen for outdoor play This resource has been designed to encourage children to be creative, direct their own learning, have fun and spend time using and developing their skills outdoors. The wood cookies are the kitchen cooker hobs! The aim of this resource is to enable your child to create their own unique mud kitchen that can be transported to a setting of your choice, for example; the local park, your garden, back yard, a woodland, forest, river, lake, beach, anywhere you like! All you need to do is find an empty plastic box (cracker box)/ biscuit tin and so on as long as they are approximately the size of a shoe box, can be bigger if needed and have a lid to pop the kitchen equipment in. Your child can have fun choosing which images to use and place onto the box, they can either cut out one of the pre designed kitchens or select images from the other pages. Choosing which images they would like as the hob/ hob buttons etc. Children could search for natural objects such as pine cones to place on and use as their buttons if they wish. It may be a good idea to laminate before sticking or find a see through material that could be stuck around the finished box to protect from the rain and to enable to be wiped clean. Fill the mud kitchen box with equipment such as; small measuring pans, spoons, small bowls, dishes and have fun! This resource could also be use to support the teaching of childcare and development, the students could have a go at creating one to assist them with how a child could learn and develop from this activity- suitable for studying degrees, CACHE, AQA child development.
Forest school/ outdoor training/ parent information
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Forest school/ outdoor training/ parent information

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Forest school/ outdoor training/ parent information This would be useful when starting up/ developing your outdoor area, forest school session guides, signs and a presentation for parents or could use as a print out to send home. A massive 50% saving!
Critter Adventures at Christmas
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Critter Adventures at Christmas

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Teachers, parents, grandparents, adults- this workbook is designed to make learning fun and to help develop skills such as; reading, counting, problem solving, writing, physical skills and more! Encourage your child to be in charge and take the activity the way they want to while offering suggestions and answering questions. They will go on an adventure with the critters to complete activities such as word fun, Sudoku, outdoor fun and a Forest school villagers certificate comes with it all!
Count on the outdoors
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Count on the outdoors

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Outdoor den building; Handy hints and tips to enhance numeracy in the outdoors! Adaption and challenge tips and questions to promote thinking skills and support differentiation. Forest school inspired, lots of holistic learning opportunities. This could be carried out with children one to one, in pairs and groups.