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Summer 2 Fun at the seaside

Our topic this half-term is 'Fun at the seaside!'

Within this topic we will enquire into: 

  • Beaches
  • Under the sea
  • Sun protection
  • Postcards
  • Reduce, recycle and reuse
  • Pirates
  • Summer

Our key questions are:

  • What can we wear to stay safe in the sun?
  • How did pirates travel?
  • What creatures live under the sea?
  • What do people do at the beach?
  • How can we keep the ocean clean?

Root knowledge:

  • To know the basics of sun safety
  • To know some sea creatures
  • To know pirate travelled on ships
  • To know activities that people do at the beach
  • To know ways to keep the ocean clean

Our Talk 4 Write texts are:

  • The three little fish and the big bad shark
  • The story of pirate Tom

Texts to share and enjoy:

  • The rainbow fish -Marcus Pfister
  • At the beach -Rolland Harvey
  • Somebody swallowed Stanley -Sarah Roberts
  • Don’t disturb the pirate -Rhiannon Findlay
  • Commotion in the ocean -Giles Andreae

Our core rhymes are:

  • The big ship sails on the ally ally oh
  • Bobby Shafto
  • There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea

We will learn the following Makaton signs:

  • Who?
  • What?
  • Where?
  • When?
  • Family
  • Friend