Overview For Summer Term 1 2018 Minibeast Madness
PSHE theme - Service
WEEK / 1Very Hungry Caterpillar / 2Bad Tempered Ladybird / 3 Superworm / 4 Anansi / 5Mad About Minibeasts / 6
Ugly Bug Ball
LITERACY / Additional Stories:
Munching, Crunching Caterpillar, Caterpillar’s wedding,
Lift the flap book – who lives here? / Additional Stories What The Ladybird Heard, Very Lazy Ladybird,
Storytelling
Story writing
Puppet minibeasts
Ladybird facts / Additional Stories
Snail and the Whale
Writing postcards
Describe own minibeast / Additional Stories Many Ananasi tales, Spiders First Web, Spinderella
Descriptive writing,
Poems
Book review / Writing poems
Writing prayers
Instructions – looking after minibeastsFact sheets
Imaginary minibeast / Additional StoriesCreepy Crawly Calypso Imaginary minibeast
Invitation to Ball
MATHS / Subtraction
Halving
Using timers / Addition
Doubling
3D shapes
Time / Position & direction.
Compare distance.
Sharing / Addition and subtraction. Sorting.
Recognise & recreate patterns / Halving
Problem solving
. Money / Problem solving.
Money
KOW
Ongoing
Exploration table/ weekly challenge / Tuff Spot small world– minibeast world.
Mud kitchen
Sorting minibeasts
22.4.18 Earth Day / Planting seeds.
ICT – picture text.
Life cycles
Minibeast Hunt
St Georges day / ICT – Bee Bot.
Make wormery
We’re Going on a Minibeast Hunt
Children’s day – different customs / ICT – Bee Bot
Minibeast Hunt – Druitt Gardens
Learn about Africa. / Minibeast facts
Making environments
Life cycles / Who Am I ? insect quiz
RE
Creation / He’s Got The Whole World in his hands / Creation / Children’s Day Japan 5.5.18 / Belonging to God’s World
Ascension Day / God’s World
Creation / God – why word is important
CREATIVEEXPRESSIVE
Craft challenges weekly / Making large flowers
Paint minibeasts
How to draw a butterfly
Paper plate insects
Different ways of joining / Papier mache insects
Junk modelling – giant insects
Fingerprint ladybirds
Pom Pom minibeasts / Making kites
Salt dough snail
Weaving on trellis outside
Making kites / Just Dance Itsy Bitsy Spider
Sew spider web on black card.
Pom Pom minibeasts / Use instruments (sound effects)
Make minibeast world
Bug party hats
Make up insect raps
Creepy Crawly Calypso / Make up insect raps
Minibeast Ball
Creepy Crawly Calypso
Bug party hats
ROLE PLAY / Child led – initial ideas–Garden Centre, Bug Research lab, Bug café, Honey I Shrunk The Kids DVDs Ants, Bug’s Life Honey
PHYSICAL / Golf. Games - practising throwing and catching, bouncing, striking, aiming. Flight of the Bumblebee