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
• Autumn

Our key questions are:

• What do you like to do on your birthday?
• What colour is a poppy?
• Who is the Christmas story about?
• What do you see at Diwali?
• What happens to the leaves in Autumn?

Root knowledge:

• To know that on your birthday you can have a party, cake and gift
• To know that poppies are red
• To know that in Autumn leaves change colour
• To know that at Diwali you see lights and candles 
• To know the Christmas story is about baby Jesus

Our key texts are:

• The best Diwali ever - Sonali Shah
• Mog’s birthday -Judith Kerr
• Fletcher and the falling leaves -Julia Rawlinson
• Twinkly, twinkly nativity -Sam Taplin

Our core rhymes are:

• Twinkle, twinkle little star
• Pat a cake, pat a cake
• Happy birthday to you

We will learn the following Makaton signs:

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