• The Gruffalo’s Child by Julia Donaldson
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Alison Edgson
• Apes to Zebras by Liz Brown Lee
• Baboushka by Arthur Scholey

This half term we will continue to use Talk for Writing to support the children’s writing. We will be using three different texts and learning these stories to support our understanding of story creation: Zog the Dragon, Billy’s Beetle and Poetry.

• name the four seasons and identify when in the year they occur.
• describe weather in different seasons over a year.
• describe days as being longer (in time) in the summer and shorter in the winter.
• describe other features that change through the year.

Indoor – Yoga
Pupils will learn about the body and breathe awareness. This unit looks to build and improve the children’s strength, flexibility and balance. The learning includes postures, breathing taught through fun and engaging activities.

Outdoor – Sending and Receiving 
Pupils will develop their sending and receiving skills including throwing and catching, rolling, kicking, tracking and stopping a ball. Pupils will be given opportunities to work with a range of different sized balls. They will apply their skills individually, in pairs and in small groups and begin to organise and self-manage their own activities. They gain an understanding of the importance of abiding by the rules to keep themselves and others safe.

• explore the geography of the school grounds and the surrounding area.
• draw simple maps of the school grounds, using basic symbols in a key.
• name the 4 countries in the UK and their capital cities.
• identify where Bournemouth is on a map of the UK