Topic plan for 'Scales and Claws'

This half term we will be thinking about animals, real and imaginary.

Topic Plan for 'Goodies and Baddies.'

This half term we will be looking at some of our favourite traditional tales and stories, thinking all about good and evil characters. We will also think about range of celebrations.

We listened to the story of Rama and Sita and found out why Diwali is called the festival of light. We loved hearing how good triumphed over evil.

 

We made diya lamps using clay. When they were dry, we decorated them so they looked beautiful.

We read Little Red Riding Hood and decided what we would take to Granny to make her feel better.

We read The Three Little Pigs, made houses for them and tested the houses to see which was the best material in the wind and the rain. Bricks were the best for us, just like in the story (however, ours were lego).

 

Gingerbread people (and angels) came to our classroom, they left crumbs and we spotted them on the camera. We went round the whole school looking for them and asking everyone we met for help. We really enjoyed baking our own gingerbread too.

 

 

 

 

Topic Plan for 'Me and My Senses'

This half term we will be getting to know each other and finding out about our senses and feelings.

We looked in our garden and found a pumpkin had grown. We had to look really carefully to find it. We had to work together to pull it up!

 

 

We explored all kinds of textures in our woodland as well as challenging ourselves to climb and explore. We found all sorts of creatures including a slow worm!

We had a fabulous time baking bread, it smelled wonderful!

 

 

 

The nurses came to visit and taught us how to wash our hands and look after ourselves so that we stay healthy.

Topic Plan for 'If You go Down to the Woods'

This half term we will explore the woods, finding out about the creatures that live in the woods and exploring plants and growing.

Topic Plan for our mini project 'Way Back When Bicycles Had Different Size Wheels'

This half term we start with a mini-project exploring how vehicles have changed over time. We started by thinking about different types of transport and seeing what goes past our school.

We explored the shape of wheels.

 

We found out about how to stay safe when we are out and about and celebrated 'Beep, Beep, Road Safety Day.'

 

 

 

 

Topic Plan for 'Let's Play'

For the second part of this half term we explored toys. We started by sharing our favourite toys and telling our friends about them.

Next, we looked at toys from a long time ago when toys weren't made of plastic and didn't light up.

 

We found out about how different toys move...we loved the wind-up toys.

Our grown-ups came to school and explored board games with us. We even made some board games of our own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topic Plan for 'Come Fly With Me; Asia'

This half term we explore where we are in the world and look at some different countries and cultures. We started off by looking at China, finding out about the people, culture and traditions. We finished by celebrating Chinese New Year; we tried lots of Chinese flavours and raced like the animals in the New Year story.

After China, we went on to explore India. It was really interesting, smelling different spices and looking at some traditional clothes. We found out about Holi...

 

 

 

We loved finding out about different Asian animals like ....pandas

We found out that peacocks are the national bird of India.

 

Topic Plan for 'Come and Join The Celebration'

This half term we explore lots of different celebrations.We started with Birthdays and loved making cakes and having a party for our class toy, Evan.

                   

We explored lots of other celebrations from different cultures. We loved exploring Diwali and made our own Diva lamps.

     

Of course, we spent lots of time thinking about Christmas! We found out how Christmas was celebrated in the past and how people celebrate in different countries. We were very proud of our Christmas play. We were so brave to talk, sing and dance for our friends and grow-ups.

We loved Christrmas craft!!!!

 

Topic plan for 'Tell Me a Story'

This half term, we are exploring the unit, 'Tell Me a Story.' We are exploring some of our favourite traditional stories, like Jack and the Beanstalk and The Gingerbread Man.

We explored different kinds of beans, some of us were brave enough to taste them!

We planted our own beans and did an experiment to see what helps them grow.

 

 

 

We painted our own giant and a castle for him.

 

 

We explored giant animals and used ourselves to measure them on the playground.

 

The gingerbread man came to our school and left crumbs in the classroom, we looked everywhere but couldn't find him so ....

We baked our own gingerbread and sold some to raise money for our classes.