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Earth Class Summer Term Overview. Literacy. Zig zag book making and story sequencing. Minibeast story bags –e.g. plastic minibeast, a leaf, a twig, a cup and a shoe – tell a story as the props are pulled out. Fiction and nonfiction books related to topic .
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Earth Class Summer Term Overview • Literacy. • Zig zag book making and story sequencing. • Minibeast story bags –e.g. plastic minibeast, a leaf, a twig, a cup and a shoe – tell a story as the props are pulled out. • Fiction and nonfiction books related to topic. • Fact files- knowing that we can retrieve information from books. • Personal, Social and Emotional Development. • Circle times – caring for creatures and their habitats. • Releasing bugs back into the garden. • Lifecycles. • Small world play • Puppets. • Communication and Language. • Minibeast nonsense rhymes. • Bug Den Role play and mark making. • Minibeast dressing up. • Small world play – tray with earth, gravel, small pond, pot plants and plastic minibeasts. • Songs and Rhymes. • Minibeast themed cooking activities. • Physical Development. • Ugly Bug Ball dance. • Move like a minibeast and props to support- e.g. scarves for butterflies/ hoops as waterliliesfor frog. • Over and under instruction games – moving like a worm/caterpillar. Living Things • R.E. • Church celebrations i.e. Christenings and weddings • Expressive Arts and Design. • Minibeast garden – collect natural materials and use box or small tray. • Butterfly symmetry. • Have an Ugly Bug Ball – make appropriate head wear and dance to Ugly Bug Ball. • Listen to and recreate creature and natural environment sounds.. • Weekly cooking activities. • Camouflage- Explore colour variations. • Understanding the world: • Grow your own bag garden. • Outdoor learning- spider’s web walk and minibeast hunt. Use magnifying glasses and bug boxes. • Look at a range of media to find things out about living things i.e. photos, videos and use ICT- finding out things using a computer. • Explore living things that live in other places such as the rainforest and compare habitats. • Explore countries around the world and the people/animals/plants from those places. • Mathematics. • Beebots- ICT used to enhance understanding of direction and following instructions. • Counting games – spots, legs, wings. • Sorting –legs/spots/wings etc. • Repeating patterns - threading bead caterpillars. • Sequencing – life cycles. • Symmetry – butterflies. • Patterns and shapes.