Reception
| Big Question: |
What makes Me, Me? Why am I special? |
What is magical? | Are all animals different? |
| Wow event |
Mouse Starts School! Family Photos sent in for display Superhero Day Supertato Evil pea crime scene! |
Volcanoes and Bubbling Porridge Pots Dragon FX Guru in classroom (film) Dragon Eggs in classroom Nativity performance @ Matlock farm. | Animal Man visits with many animals Skype with Maisie the Zoo Keeper Pets invited in |
| Outcome |
Superhero Day- to share all our special qualities |
Children can talk about a variety of magical experiences. | Pooseum- Parents are invited in to learn about animal poo and animal facts Children learn about endangered species and how they can make a difference in their lives. |
| Curriculum links |
What do I look like? Who is special to me? What is my body like? Why am I super? |
How can we be scientists? | Why do animals look different? Where/How do animals live? Could all animals make a good pet? How can we protect animals? |
| Literacy genres |
NonFiction- recording labels for new books. Making fruit books, writing about me, labelling families. Fiction- Speech Bubbles, Key texts (listed below); basic comprehension skills |
Non Fiction Rhyme-recoding and matching rhyme pairs, sentences and questions Fiction- Pie Corbett | Fiction- story writing and sequencing (Bear Hunt, some Pie Corbett) Non Fiction leaflets and booklets and labels |
| Texts/ Stimulus Fiction Non-fiction |
Kippers Birthday The Skin you live in Families, Families, Families Senses Kindness Elves Supertato Making Faces Oliver’s fruit Salad |
Room on the Broom Zog The odd egg The Magic Porridge Pot Mystery Magical photos Matlock farm Nativity Ada Twist, Scientist | Tiger Ways The Bear Hunt Wanted: The Perfect Pet The Clue is in the poo Amazing Animal Journeys |
| Big Question: |
What changes and grows? |
What is out there? | What is all this water for? |
| Wow event |
Magic beanstalk FX Guru film in classroom Mystery seeds sent home Incubator in classroom-Hatching Eggs |
Treasure hunt using school map Swanwick Mapping Walk Skype call with a real postman | Pirate themed imagination day Treasure hunt- Mapping |
| Outcome |
Mystery seeds turn into beans and other plants Children can talk about how things grow. They can talk about free range farming and how they can make a difference. |
Understanding the community and local areas Children recognise what Swanwick has to offer. They can talk about the place they live and some aspects of the wider world. | Understanding how water impacts our lives. Why it is so important and how some people may not have as much as us. Water aid- support this campaign |
| Curriculum links |
How do humans change and grow? What makes us healthy? How do chickens grow and change? How do plants change and grow? |
What is up above? (space) What is in Swanwick? How can we travel? Where can we travel? | What is in the sea? What lives in the sea? What travels on water? Why does it rain? How can we look after the earth? |
| Literacy genres |
Fiction- Pie Corbett story telling Non Fiction- Incubator observations and chick growth lifecycle |
Non Fiction- Mapping and labelling Labelling and information texts on planets. | Fiction- Lighthouse keepers lunch Non Fiction- recipe cards Fiction- Story sequencing |
| Texts/ Stimulus Fiction Non-fiction |
The growing story Egg to Chick Chickens aren’t the only ones It starts with a seed Planting a rainbow The easter story We’re going on an egg hunt |
Whatever Next Planets The way back home Roaring Rockets Meercat mail Emma Jane’s aeroplane The train Ride | Lighthouse keeper’s lunch How a lighthouse works My Adventure Island |
