Our topic this half term is 'Marvellous me!'

Within this topic we will enquire into: 

• My new class/starting school
• Learning King Eds rules and routines!
• Feelings/emotions
• My special people
• My body

Our key questions are:

• What makes me, me?
• What parts does my body have?
• How have I changed?
• Do we always feel the same? 
• Which people are special and why?

Root knowledge:

• To know the things that make me special
• To know the names of key body parts
• To know the five senses and how to use them
• To know that we have changed since we were babies
• To know how to express simple emotions
• To know that we all have special people

Our Talk 4 Write texts are:

• From head to toe
• Finding a friend

Texts to share and enjoy:

• You choose – Pippa Goodhart
• Love makes a family – Sophie Beer
• This is me – George Webster
• Its ok to be different – Todd Parr
• How are you feeling today? Molly Potter  

Our core rhymes are:

• I've got a body
• Clap, clap hands
• Head, shoulders, knees and toes

We will learn the following Makaton signs:

• Hello
• Good morning
• Good afternoon
• Please 
• Thank you
• Goodbye