Introducing Tiny Feet
An Engaging SPUC Education resource for primary schools and Educators
what is tiny feet?Learn about the wonder of human life developing in the womb, and what that can also teach us about life, health and relationships as children grow.
Tiny Feet is the ideal component to your primary school’s personal, social, relationships and health education programmes:
Tiny Feet is also a great way to cover aspects of the science curriculum, as well as Religious Education programmes. |
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who is IT for?It is primarily designed to cater for pupils’ learning in their last two years of primary school (upper KS2/9-12), but could be used earlier.
Our Tiny Feet Club package has been developed to educate primary school students about the development of life in the womb, as well as to offer opportunities to cover associated topics in science, relationships, health and religious education along the way. The 25 interactive lessons are adaptive and flexible to meet the needs of both teachers and their pupils. They can be delivered within timeslots of 25-60 mins, and each session will take children through each developmental stage of the baby in an engaging and fun way. We also offer workshops, webinars and induction sessions for teachers and parents to help you get Tiny Feet up and running in your school or other education setting. |
why tiny feet?Tiny Feet is unique in its approach. It is an entertaining, yet factual and scientifically accurate, exploration of the wonder of life before birth — as well as how to live your best life during childhood and beyond.
Each week important milestones of foetal development are covered in a child friendly way, which is then thematically related to associated topics of personal health, wellbeing and relationships. For example:
Click to find out how Tiny Feet can help you fulfil curricula requirements in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. |
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whAT TOPICS DOES TINY FEET COVER?The 25 x Tiny Feet lessons follows the journey of our first 9 months of life, inside the womb. Each week covers an important development milestone of the pupil’s “baby” at each stage of gestation (eg. beating heart, brain waves, fingerprints), as well as a focus on the importance of that part of the body and keeping it healthy, and also an associated theme to do with personal, social and health education (eg. the importance of dreams and aspirations, being a good friend, and valuing people with disabilities).
See the contents and lesson overview here |
whAT DOES A tiny feet LESSON LOOK LIKE?A typical Tiny Feet lesson will involve a celebration of the baby reaching another milestone of development, with the teacher presenting some scientific facts and explanation about their significance — using the overviews provided in the teacher’s handbook.
Each week the pupils will have an image related to that development to cut out and stick onto a timeline of their baby’s journey. They will also have one or two learning activities to stimulate enquiry and understanding of the scientific facts, or their implications for real life. Finally, there will always be some “talking points” to round off the lesson, provoking thought for further discussion and learning. See a sample lesson here, together with it's accompanying worksheet. |
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