Our topic this half term is 'Let's celebrate!'

Within this topic we will enquire into: 

• Celebrations
• Special occasions
• Diwali
• Bonfire night
• Remembrance Day
• Birthdays
• Christmas
• Seasonal change: Autumn

Our key questions are:

• Why are the leaves falling off the trees?
• Why do we celebrate birthdays?
• Why do people wear poppies on Remembrance Day?
• What is the Nativity story?
• Why is Christmas special for Christians?
• Why are Diva’s lit during a Diwali celebration?
• How are different celebrations the same and different?

Key knowledge (important bit):

• Leaves fall from trees in Autumn because the season changes
• A birthday celebrates the day a person was born.
• People wear poppies to remember soldiers who died in war.
• Christmas is special for Christians because it celebrates the birth of Jesus.
• Diwali is a celebration where people light lamps (divas) to guide Rama and Sita home.

Texts to share and enjoy:

• Dipal’s Diwali – Sital Gorasia Chapman
• Kipper’s Birthday – Mick Inkpen
• The Christmas story -Melanie Joyce
• The leaf thief -Alice Hemming
• Bonfire night -Nancy Dickman

Our core rhymes are:

• Ring a ring o’ roses
• I hear thunder
• We’re marching in our wellingtons

We will learn the following Makaton signs:

• More
• Toilet 
• Sorry 
• Finished 
• Yes 
• No