Our Value for this term is INDEPENDENCE

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Autumn 1 - All About Me - Are We All The Same?

WOW! Factor: Making Bird Feeders

Fantastic Finish: Woodland Autumn Walk

Book: Owl Babies Author: Martin Waddell

In this unit, we will be finding out about ourselves, our families and our new friends in our class. We will discuss people who help us at home, at school and within our community.

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Autumn 2 - Festivals and Clebrations - Are They All The Same?

WOW! Factor: Festival Speakers

Fantastic Finish: Christmas Performance

Book: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

This half term we will look at a range of different festivals and celebrations. Children will learn how each festival is celebrated and what makes it special and unique.

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Spring 1 - Seasons

WOW! Factor:  A seasons themed 'dress for mess' day

Fantastic Finish: Valentines Tea Party

Books: 

  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Talk for Writing)
  • After the Storm
  • Stick Man
  • Little Rabbit Foo Foo

In this unit, we start by thinking about the season of Winter. We then start to talk about the signs of Spring and learn about all the seasons through stories, songs and first-hand experiences. We look at a non-fiction text about bears too and learn about the features of non-fiction books.

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Spring 2 - Growing

WOW! Factor: Planting different seeds to grow 

Fantastic Finish: Spring Bonnet Parade and walk to local Church

Books: 

  • The Enormous Turnip (Talk for Writing)
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • Jasper’s Beanstalk
  • Oliver's Vegetables

The children learn about seeds and plant growth through practical experiences and lovely stories. They look at non-fiction instructional texts about planting/growing seeds. They learn about the need for a balanced diet. 

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Summer 1 - Wild About Animals

WOW! Factor: Trip to Whipsnade Zoo and local walk to Bramingham Woods

Fantastic Finish: Animal themed dress up and fun day

Books:

  • The Gruffalo (Talk for Writing)
  • Farmyard Hullabaloo
  • Elmer
  • The Great Pet Sale. 

In this unit, we learn about the different animals and their habitats. We will write a recount of our trip to the Zoo and do some further work on non-fiction texts including revising labels and captions.

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Summer 2 - Fantasyland

WOW! Factor: Walk to local library

Fantastic Finish: End of Year Celebration

Books: 

  • Whatever Next! (Talk for Writing)
  • How to Catch a Star
  • The Cat in the Hat
  • Zog

In this unit we explore lots of different themes such as space, prince and princesses, dragons, aliens and we learn about different story settings. As always we try to make links to the children's current interests. We will have a look at some examples of journalistic writing and revise instructional texts.

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