Numeracy: ‘The Stick Man’
We read ‘The Stick Man’ by Julia Donaldson and made Stick Men to revise positional language in Numeracy.
Retelling ‘The Gruffalo’
In Talking and Listening, we watched ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ and then were like Mouse, using shadows to retell the narrative of its prequel.
Mini Theme: Graphic novels
In this topic, we investigated different Graphic Novels. Then, in Shared and Independent Writing, we designed our own mini comic strips about Superhero Stickman. This theme also helped us revise ‘Super e’ in Phonics.
Mini Theme: Picture Books
We explored ‘Picture Books’ across all the areas of Communication: in Talking and Listening, we compared and contrasted illustrations in groups; in Reading, we created a class character analysis of ‘The Third Voice’ and compiled information through online, independent research for a report about the author, Anthony Browne; and, in Writing, we wrote and illustrated our own narratives. This also linked to Art: we spotted intertextual references – especially to Magritte – and painted our own cold/warm illustrations, incorporating Magritte’s motifs.
