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Autumn 1 - Wonderful Me
WOW! Factor: A 'sense'ational fun day
Fantastic Finish: People who help us visitor
Books:
- Harry and the Dinosaurs go to School
- So Much!
- Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle
- Funny Bones
- Ben's Baby
- My Hair
- Making Friends
We will be finding out about ourselves and our families and our friends. We will discuss our similarities and differences between ourselves and others. We will explore our senses and how we use them.
Autumn 2 - Traditional Stories
WOW! Factor: Dress up as a favourite character from a book
Fantastic Finish: Christmas Performance
Books:
- The Enormous Turnip
- Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
- Cinderella
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- The Gingerbread Man
- Hansel & Gretel
- Snow White
In this unit, we will look at different versions of traditional tales and we learn some sign language to help us tell the stories aloud. The children also follow instructions to make a Gingerbread Man, grow cress and make a jam sandwich.
Spring 1 - Our Wonderful World
WOW! Factor: Outdoor learning walk
Fantastic Finish: Food tasting from around the world
Books:
- Handa's Surprise
- The train ride
- One day, so many ways
- The world around me
- How cities work
In this unit, we explore the wonderful world that is around us. We look at different environments to where we live and discuss cultural differences and similarities we may share.
Spring 2 - Kings and Queens
WOW! Factor: Visit Knebworth House
Fantastic Finish: Ball - parents invited in
Books:
- The knight and the dragon
- Small knight and George and the royal chocolate cake
- Katie in London
- The Queen's hat quest
- Kassim and The greedy dragon
The children learn about the past and present Kings and Queens and explore some fantasy land stories. We discuss the differences and similarities from past events in history to today's events.
Summer 1 - Amazing Animals
WOW! Factor Animal mask making
Fantastic Finish: ‘Tiger Who came to Tea’ Afternoon Tea Party
Books:
- The Gruffalo
- Going on a bear hunt
- Rumble in the Jungle
- Walking Through The Jungle
- The Tiger who came to Tea
- Giraffes Can’t Dance
- The Animal Boogie.
In this unit, we learn about the different animals and their habitats. We will explore the natural world around us and make observations of animals and the environment.
Summer 2 - Space
WOW! Factor: Rocket Making
Fantastic Finish: Space experience day
Books:
- Wanda's Space Party
- A place for Pluto
- Alien’s love underpants
- Whatever Next!
- Astro Girl
- Zim Zam Zoom
In this unit, we explore space and everything wonderful about it. We will discuss planets and what can happen in space and contrast their environments to ours.