Our topic this half-term is 'Come outside!'

Within this topic we will enquire into: 

• Minibeasts
• The natural world 
• Habitats
• Plants
• Lifecycles 
• Spring

Our key questions are:

• Where do minibeasts live?
• What do plants need to grow?
• How can we care for nature?
• What happens to a caterpillar?

Root knowledge:

• To know the homes of minibeasts
• To know the needs of plants to grow
• To know we can help care for nature
• To know a caterpillar becomes a butterfly 
• To know the lifecycle of a butterfly

Our Talk 4 Write texts are:

• The sleepy bumblebee
• Billy's beetle

Texts to share and enjoy:

• Super worm -Julia Donaldson
• Jack and the beanstalk -Iona Treahy
• Twist and hop minibeast bop -Tony Mitton
• The woolly bear caterpillar -Julia Donaldson
• Lulu loves flowers -Anna McQuinn

Our core rhymes are:

• Spooky spider
• Mary, Mary quite contrary
• Here is the beehive

We will learn the following Makaton signs:

• Stand up
• I feel 
• Happy
• Sad 
• Excited
• Angry