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- It's Month of the Military Child 16th April 2024
- It's official - we are a GOOD school 3rd May 2023
For 2024-25 we will be working on 7 topics across the year.
Our topics link with our whole school themes.
Each of our topics is an outline, however the learning will be led by the interests of the children.
Hello -Starting School
During this brief week topic we will be finding out about and settling into our new 'big school' lives. We will be making friends, becoming familiar with our surroundings and will be settling into school routines.
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We Are Conservationists - All about Me and My World
During this topic we will be learning about ourselves, our families, each other and where we live.
We might be talking about the things that we like or don't like, we might talk about our houses, our pets and the special people we have at home.
We might find out about some of their jobs.
We might spend time finding out about our bodies and what they can do.
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We are Voyagers -Celebrations around the World
During this topic we are going to be finding out about some of the celebrations that happen around the world.
Celebrations could include, Halloween, Bonfire Night, Diwali, Hannukah, Advent, Christmas and Chinese New Year.
During this topic we will be taking part in World Nursery Rhyme week.
We will be making preparations for our own Christmas events at school as well.
We will think about Remembrance and could go to visit the War Memorial.
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We Are Citizens - A World of Once Upon a Time
We will be looking closely at fairy tales and story settings for this topic as we explore a whole world of Once Upon a Time. We will be comparing traditional and modern versions of some of the more familiar stories and will be developing our own use of story language..
We will be using story book language and could visit the Library.
During this topic we will be having our own World Book Week - which will coincide with World Book Day
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We Are Explorers - In The Garden
How do things grow? What lives beneath the soil? What is an insect?
These are some of the questions that we will be aiming to find an answer to as part of this topic.
We will be exploring plants and creatures who live in the garden.
During this topic we will have little visitors in the classroom and will be planting our own vegetables.
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We are Healthy - Food Glorious Food
We will be exploring countries, food and sport around the world. We will be learning about some of the traditional dishes from countries around the world as well as finding out about the weather, the location, flags and landmarks.
We will be exploring treats and healthy snacks as we express likes and dislikes.
We will be planning our own culinary feast!
Goodbye
This is our final topic of the year, as we make our preparations to move into KS1. We will be getting to know our new teachers, we will be saying ' See you soon' to our current teachers and we will be preparing for our next adventure at school.
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