Lesson : Litter: The Picnic

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Overview

This lesson is based around an animated story in which the Go-Givers character Digby gets separated from his friends, falls into a stream and gets trapped in a bottle!  The story helps younger children learn about the danger litter can pose to wildlife. The simple language, animation and sound effects make this lesson suitable for Reception and Year 1 upwards.
 

Cross-curricular links: science
 

Learning Activities:

  • Learning the Countryside Code
  • Experiment to find out how different materials decay and which are biodegradable
  • Doing a litter survey in the school grounds
  • Organising a Teddy Bears Picnic


'My children loved it and said they would love to read it again another time'

'What a charming resource! Will use this with my KS2 pupils as well.'