Half Term Overview

Summer 1 – Why do Zebras have stripes?

2016 – 2017

Week / Events / Planning
Question / Maths / Story/Literacy / Letters and Sounds / Topic
24/04/17
4 days
Claire / Why can’t we see them? / Shape – 2D & 3D
Data Day - Bar charts of animals-do you prefer ones that sing/roar/squeak/hiss / Catch up, Little Cheetah! – Michele Coxon Information writing – / Tuesdays and
Thursdays – Letters and Sounds
CT – LA
TA – MA/HA
Recap Phase 3 from qu, sh, ch, th
Friday Spelling Check using that week’s phoneme and HFW / Camouflage – Collage
book about camouflage (link below)
Making binoculars
Where is Africa?
World Map – Globe - African Map
Habitats-eg jungle/desert/water
Sponsored event to raise money to adopt an endangered animal?
01/05/17
4 days
Claire / What is their pattern? / Addition and subtraction counting on using a number line practically / No Spots for this Giraffe! – Lucie Papineau
Greedy Zebra - Mwenye Hadithi
Information writing – Choose an animal and describe it’s pattern, colour, shape etc. / Tuesdays and
Thursdays – Letters and Sounds
CT – LA
TA – MA/HA
Recap Phase 3 from ng, ai, ee, igh
Friday Spelling Check using that week’s phoneme and HFW / Animal Coats Pattern – Colour Mixing
Maasai masks with different patterns
Safari explorer rucksacks
Safari small world
Large cardboard box jungle jeep
Hand print zebras/giraffes
08/05/17
Sam / African dance/music group visit / How do they move and sound? / The animal boogie-Debbie Harter (singing version is online)
Writing Riddles using facts-I am hairy, I swing in the trees. I am a …….(draw animal under a flap with its label?) OR
From Head To Toe-Eric Carle
Zig zag book? I am a …..and I can….
Video cliphttp://www.tigtagjunior.com/film/how-do-animals-move-TTJ00013/ / Tuesdays and
Thursdays – Letters and Sounds
CT – LA
TA – MA/HA
Recap Phase 3 from oo, ao, ar, or
Friday Spelling Check using that week’s phoneme and HFW / Making Musical Instruments
Why Elephant has a trunk – Tinga Tinga Tales
Giraffes can’t dance story
Art-moving pictures-Monkey with swinging arms (curled paper), giraffe with long bendy neck (pipe cleaner)
Animal dance-moving like diff animals
Kye Kye Kule-call and response
‘Down in the jungle’ song
15/05/17
Sam / How do they eat? / (The Tiger child) delete?
Rumble in the Jungle and Dear Zoo (compare natural habitat with zoo)
Use ICT for non-fiction information e.g. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals.html
(Make simplified powerpoint to use in main teaching)
Writing non-fiction-definintion. Herbivores are….Carnivores are…Omnivores are…
Information writing – Choose an animal and write an animal fact file (to include eating habits) / Tuesdays and
Thursdays – Letters and Sounds
CT – LA
TA – MA/HA
Recap Phase 3 from ur, oi, ow, air
Friday Spelling Check using that week’s phoneme and HFW / Herbivores/carnivores/omnivore-group animals
Why we have zoos-difference between wild and tame
Endangered animals
Writing table – letter to the zoo
Zoo small world
Dear Zoo story sack
22/05/17
Debbie / Wild animal dress up day
Animal songs performance for parents (same day?) / Can you describe your animal? / Measures – Height and Length / Flip Flap jungle-Axel Scheffler
Draw/Design own animal, how it looks, colours, pattern, sound it makes etc.
Cut and stick body parts from existing animal eg lion head/zebra body/crocodile tail or tiger head/armadillo body to describe looks/colour/pattern/sound-could use
Writing – describe their animal / Tuesdays and
Thursdays – Letters and Sounds
CT – LA
TA – MA/HA
Recap Phase 3 from ear, ure, er
Friday Spelling Check using that week’s phoneme and HFW / Children design their own animal – pattern, camouflage, look, sound etc
Make a class height chart of different animals – are you as tall as a….?
Lolly stick mixed up animals
Wild animal dress up day
Animal songs performance for parents?

Link to book on camouflage-4 types http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/17559588/Animal-Camouflage#