Fairy tales

In this topic, we focus on stories and tales from the past. We will look at a variety of traditional tales in Drawing Club, including Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, Billy Goats Gruff, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and George and the Dragon. We look at the characters and settings in the books, thinking of our own ideas to embelish them. We will other read alternatives to the traditional story and have fun playing with the characters, changing their roles in the story and making up our own traditional tale. Towards the end of the topic, there will be a focus on knights and dragons. We will read fairy tales and enjoy our castle role play area.   

The Seaside

Our next topic to finish our early years curriculum will be the seaside. We will look at the seaside and all the exciting things it has to offer and then we will progress onto life under the sea; for the final week, we will pose the question "How can we look after our world?".

We will have beach role play, with a rock pool area, a sand area and deck chairs/umbrella, with picnic items, beach towels and sun screen, as well as lots of pictures and new seaside vocabulary. We will look at lots of fiction and non-fiction books to find out what is under the sea, including books such as Tiddler, Rainbow Fish, Shark in the Park, Commotion in the Ocean and Sharing a Shell.  We will also consider how to survive on a desert island and we will write a message in a bottle. We will look at maps of the world to see where the five oceans are and consider different habitats such as the coral reef, the Antarctic and deeper down in the sea. We will visit Ruislip Lido during this term, giving children the opportunity to play on the beach, visit the woodland area and enjiy the Splash Zone.  In the last phase of this topic, we will consider what we can do to stop the plastic in the oceans and think about the welfare of the sea and those that live in it.