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Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... What is a reflection?

Exploring reflections opens up opportunities for creative thinking and cross-curricular learning, as explained in this extract from the Cornerstones Curriculum.

Umbrella theme for:


About this Interest

This develops children's curiosity, understanding and knowledge about mirrors, reflection and symmetry. At the heart of the Interest, children will develop an awareness of their own reflections and reflections of things in shiny surfaces. Throughout their experiences children should, as part of small or large group, take turns to share ideas, conversations and materials, understanding that playing and working together can help them get on better, build good relationships and develop thinking.

In this Interest possible lines of enquiry might be:

Key Stage One Links: This Interest could be linked to Supermarket.

Initial ideas

During starting-point activities observe to find out what children know and what interests they are developing on the theme.

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