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 From the book “Peppa’s Veg
etable Garden”.

FARMER
P EP PA
Growing and
eating vegetables
them being munched by carrot flies, plant a row of
marigold seeds between each row of carrots. The
carrots should be ready to harvest in the summer

with Peppa so the children will have to be patient and watch

them grow just like Peppa and George do in the
story.
What you need: Alternatively, try growing some tomatoes and
An outside garden area or grow bags salad leaves inside in grow bags. Buy cherry
Seeds, carrots, lettuces, basil, rocket, tomato tomato plants and grow basil, lettuce and rocket
plants from seeds. Make a rota for children to water the
Child-sized gardening tools seeds. Don’t forget that plants kept inside will need
Exotic fruit and vegetables to be carefully watered. When ready to harvest,
Scissors, glue make a tasty Peppa Pig salad with some of these
ingredients just like Peppa and George.
What to do:
The children could also cut out the pictures of fruit
Begin by talking about the benefits of having a
and vegetables on the worksheet and stick them
balanced diet and eating healthy foods like fruit
in the boxes at the bottom of the sheet to create
and vegetables. In “Peppa’s Vegetable Garden”,
some Peppa Pig kebabs. Encourage the children to
Grandpa Pig shows Peppa and George the fruit
repeat patterns of the fruit and vegetables. Then try
and vegetables growing in his garden. Explain
making the kebabs using real fruit and vegetables.
that you are going to grow some vegetables like
Peppa and George. Plant some carrot seeds in
a prepared outside area in springtime. To avoid Early Learning Goals:
Understanding the World: Children make
observations of plants and explain why some
things occur, and talk about changes.

Challenge:
Mathematics: Children recognise, create and
describe patterns.
d vegetables Physical Development: Children can handle tools
re n to na m e all the fruit an a
Ask the ch ild children name and equipment effectively.
ca n th in k of . Did any of the ar d
that they have not he Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
e that the others
fruit or vegetabl k it is important to
eat
Children can work as part of a group or class.
re ? As k th em why they thin pl es of ex otic
of befo g in exam
d ve ge ta bl es ever y day. Brin t ha ve se en
fruit an ildren may no
bles that the ch it. KS1 Curriculum Link:
fruit and vegeta te or passion fru
ple, pom rana
eg
before, for exam t th e ch ild re n
al permission, le Design and Technology, Cooking and Nutrition:
Pending parent e fru it an d vegetables.
uc h an d ta ste th Children can use the basic principles of a healthy
smell, to
and varied diet to prepare dishes and understand
where food comes from.

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Farmer Peppa

Peppa’s fruit and vegetable kebabs

Choose two or three different fruit and vegetables from Peppa’s garden.
Cut them out and make a repeated pattern on the kebab stick.

My fruit and vegetable kebab

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 From the book “Peppa’s Big
Race”.

P EP PA’S
BIKE
HELMET a bike. Can they think of some other ways to keep

Staying healthy safe? Ask children to remember some safety rules

such as

and safe Don’t ride too fast

Avoid other bikes
Wear a bike helmet
What you need:
Some bike helmets
Felt pens
Bikes, tricycles and other sit-on toys (optional)
Horn or whistle to start the race
Rope (or ribbon, string, etc) for the finishing
line

What to do:
Peppa and her family go on a bike ride together
in “Peppa’s Big Race”. Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig,
Peppa and George all wear bike helmets to help Let the children look closely at some real bike
keep them safe. Talk to the children about the helmets. Look at the designs on Peppa and her
importance of wearing a bike helmet when riding friends’ helmets in the image above. Peppa has
flowers on her helmet and Danny Dog’s helmet is
covered in flames. Print copies of the ‘Design a
new bike helmet’ template. Ask children to design
a new helmet for Peppa Pig or one of her

Challenge:
friends.

p have fun
g and Suzy Shee
Peppa and her
frien ds Da
‘P
nn
ep
y
pa
Do
’s Big Race’. G
o outside and Early Learning Goal:
bi ke s in ke, tricycle or
racing on their ild re n to choose a bi Expressive Arts and Design: Children
of ch e,
ask a small gr ou p are not availabl
e in th e ra ce (if ride-on toys ra ce th at represent their own ideas through design
sit-on toy to rid mpete in a
co ul d ra ce to y vehicles or co ). Sh ow th e and technology.
the children ipping race
qu ire eq ui pm ent such as a sk rti ng lin e.
does not re behind the sta
to sit and wait ilar such as
children where
s honkin g ho rn so un d, or something sim
pe at the end
KS1 Curriculum Link:
Use Daddy Pig’ ce . H ol d a skipping ro
a whistle, to sta
rt th e ra a Pig’s Race Physical Education: Children should
in g lin e. H and out the Pepp
to mark the fin ish be able to engage in competitive (both
l the riders.
certificates to al against self and against others) and
cooperative physical activities, in a range of
increasingly challenging situations.

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Peppa’s Bike Helmet

Design a new bike helmet for Peppa Pig

Well done!
………………………………………………………
for completing
Peppa Pig’s race today.

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 From the book “Peppa’s Gy
m Class”.

P EP PA’S
JUNGLE
GYM themselves wide. Grampy Rabbit tells Peppa and

Moving with her friends to ‘Wobble like a jelly!’.

coordination and Ask the children to wobble different parts of their

bodies as they sing this song to the tune of ‘Jelly
on the plate’.

imagination Peppa and her friends,

Warm up in the gym,
What you need: Wibble, wobble, wobble, wobble,
Warm up in the gym.
A variety of gym equipment: bench, cones,
quoits, tunnel, or whatever you have available
Set up some gym equipment around the room and
Masking tape (or a long piece of ribbon, string,
ask the children to imagine that it is a jungle, just
etc)
like Grampy Rabbit asks Peppa and her friends to
Length of fabric (ideally blue or green, or
do. In the book Grampy Rabbit leads Peppa and
something else to represent a swamp)
her friends across the river as they tiptoe over the
balance beam. If you don’t have a beam, help the
What to do: children to tiptoe along a line of masking tape on
Grampy Rabbit takes Peppa and her friends on a the floor. Ask the children to jump over the swamp
pretend adventure in the jungle gym in “Peppa’s made from a length of blue or green fabric or
Gym Class”. Explain to the children that they something else representing a swamp.
are going to try some of the exercises and have Grampy Rabbit leads Peppa and her friends under
a jungle adventure just like Peppa. Start with the dinosaur’s legs using a vault, but you can ask
some warm ups. Grampy Rabbit tells everybody children to crawl through a tunnel or under a large
to ‘Stretch! Stretch! Stretch!’. Ask the children to table, etc.
stretch up their hands to the ceiling and stand on
tiptoe just like Peppa and Pedro and then stretch Invite children to find their way along ‘Grampy
their hands and feet out to the side and make Rabbit’s Jungle Path’ using the worksheet provided.
Can they avoid the obstacles and take their pencil
all the way to the safety of Madame Gazelle?

Challenge ys’ based on

Early Learning Goal:
e of ‘G rampy Rabbit Sa Physical Development: Children show good control
Play a ga m Says’. Ask the
th e le ad er game ‘Simon and coordination in large and small movements.
the fo llo w ts that Grampy
n to co py all the movemen ys’.
ch ild re rampy Rabbit Sa
t on ly w hen he says ‘G se lect
do es bu
Once the childre
n are familiar w
ith the ga
Ra
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bb
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it. KS1 Curriculum Link:
n to be Grampy
different childre Physical Education: Children master basic movements
and begin to apply these in a range of activities.

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Peppa’s Jungle Gym

Grampy Rabbit’s Jungle Path

Take your pencil for a jungle adventure along this path with Peppa Pig. Try
not to fall in the river, get eaten by crocodiles or squashed by a dinosaur!

START

END

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 From the book “Daddy Pig
’s Fun Run”.

P EP PA’S
MUDDY
PUDDLE
WALK
uk/muddy-puddle-walk). Set up a circuit in an
inside or outside space in your setting. Use some
equipment as obstacles to run or walk around,

Raise some funds

such as plastic cones, hoops and skipping ropes.
Make some of Peppa’s favourite muddy puddles
by cutting puddles shapes out of cardboard and
painting them dirty brown. Add these to the
circuit. Explain to the children that they have to
run around all of the obstacles except for Peppa’s
muddy puddles which have to be jumped onto!
Build a castle out of large boxes or construction
What you need: bricks to mark the end of the circuit. Daddy Pig
An inside or an outside area suitable for running had to run around the castle on the hill lots of
Cardboard times to get rid of an annoying wasp. Make your
Brown paint children walk or run around the castle five times!
Cones Ask children to collect sponsors for how many
Hoops times they go around the circuit or how many
Skipping ropes muddy puddles they jump on.

Hold a picnic at the end of the Muddy Puddle

What to do: Walk for all the children and their families. Use
Organise your own version of Daddy Pig’s fun ‘Peppa’s picnic basket’ to help the children plan
run at your school or nursery to raise funds just what sort of healthy food they can include in their
like Peppa and Daddy Pig do in “Daddy Pig’s picnic.
Fun Run”. Join nurseries and schools taking part
in Muddy Puddle Walk between 23-29th April,
or take part on a date to suit you. (Visit this site
Early Learning Goals:
for more details on the campaign and additional Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
resources http://www.savethechildren.org. Children show sensitivity to others’ needs and
feelings. They take account of one another’s ideas
about how to organize an activity.
Physical Development: They know the importance
Challenge: produce
for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy
diet.
n to design and
Ask the childre Pu ddle’Walk’
pa Pig’s Muddy
a poster for ‘Pep n be used
using IT sk ill s or ar t materials.Th es e ca
Walk and to
KS1 Curriculum Link:
rti se th e Muddy Puddle
to ad ve rticipate and Design and Technology: Generate, develop, model
e children to pa
encourage mor to donate. and communicate ideas through talking, drawing,
more sponsors
templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate,
information and communication technology.

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Peppa’s Muddy Puddle Walk

Peppa’s fun run picnic

Fill Peppa’s picnic box with healthy treats.
Cut out some pictures of healthy food
and stick them into the box.

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 From the book “The Big Tal
e of Little Peppa”.

When I
was
little… the baby pictures? Encourage the staff to join in

Talking about past and share their baby photos too.

and present events Print the ‘Peppa portraits’ and ask children to look
at the pictures of Baby Peppa and draw a picture
of themselves as a baby in the first box. Talk about
the things that Peppa can do now she is bigger
What you need: such as running, singing, dancing and jumping in
Baby photographs muddy puddles. Can they draw a self-portrait of
Display board themselves as they are now in the second box?

What to do:
Read “The Big Tale of Little Peppa” story to the
children if you have a copy available or show
the children the above image. In the story, Peppa
looks at photos of herself and Suzy Sheep as little
babies. At first, Peppa doesn’t believe her friend
Suzy Sheep when she tells her that they were
both once babies like George. Mummy Pig shows
Peppa a picture of herself as a baby and asks her
who she thinks it is. Can the children remember
being babies like Suzy and Peppa? Did they cry
and burp and laugh like Peppa? Ask the children
to bring in photos of themselves as babies. Make
a display on the wall using their photos. Can the
children identify themselves and each other from

Early Learning Goal:

Challenge: ntences using th
ese
Literacy: Children can write simple sentences.
Understanding the Word: Children talk about past
k ch ild re n to write simple se th at th ey
As do now and present events in their own lives and in the
nt en ce fra m es . What can they th ey lik e
se bies? Do lives of family members.
n they were ba
couldn’t do whe h th ei r te et h or
nce, read, brus
to run, sing, da le s lik e Peppa?
pu dd
jump in muddy
:
Sentence frames …………
KS1 Curriculum Link:
I … … … …
When I was a
baby English, Writing: Write from memory simple
…………
5 I can ………… sentences (Year 1 and 2). Use the present and past
Now I am 3/4/
tenses correctly and consistently (Year 2).

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When I Was Little…

Peppa portraits

When I was a baby I …………………… Now I am …..….. I can………………………

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