Our topic this half term is 'The world around us'

Within this topic we will enquire into: 

• Animals that live in the snow
• Animals that live in the jungle
• Different types of weather
• Winter

Our key questions are:

• Can you name some animals?
• What animals live in the snow?
• What animals live in the jungle?
• What do you wear when it’s cold?
• Where do animals live?

Root knowledge:

• To know the names of some animals
• To know we wear warm clothes when it’s cold
• To know that some animals live in snow
• To know that some animals live in the jungle
• To know that animals live in hot or cold places

Our key texts are:

• Monkey puzzle - Julia Donaldson
• Rumble in the jungle - Giles Andreae
• A dot in the snow - Corrinne Averiss

Our core rhymes are:

• Five little monkeys
• Walking in the jungle
• It's raining, it's pouring

We will learn the following Makaton signs:

• Wash hands
• Help
• To drink
• To eat
• I want
• Sit