Active Learning
English Reception/Year 1 Autumn Story Sequence and Captions
Big Machines and Space
Explore differences between fiction and non-fiction using fantastic books about machines and space. Use features of information texts. Sequence and punctuate sentences; revise plural nouns.
Big Machines (suggested as 5 days)
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Books
- Role play
- Construction
- Small world
You Will Need
Essential texts
Big Book of Machines by Minna Lacey (if available) or a similar text with plenty of images, e.g 199 Big Machines by Jessica Greenwell
Desirable texts
No-Bot, the Robot with No Bottom by Sue Hendra
Building Machines and Space (suggested as 5 days)
Active Learning
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Books
- Role play and music
- Maths
- Space collage
You Will Need
Essential texts
Big Book of Machines by Minna Lacey (if available) or a similar text with plenty of images, e.g 199 Big Machines by Jessica Greenwell
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Space by Catherine D. Hughes
Group Readers
Scooters by Sinead Gaffney
Animated Tale
Thad Gets to the Moon by Ruth Merttens
Group Readers
Scooters
This is a great book if you are studying non-fiction. It has many pictures all about scooters but with an original and eccentric twist. The illustrations will make children chuckle, and the text is simple and easy to read independently.
Robots (suggested as 5 days)
Active Learning
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Model robots
- Robot portraits
- Robot disco
- Bot explorers
You Will Need
Essential texts
Big Book of Machines by Minna Lacey (if available) or a similar text with plenty of images, e.g 199 Big Machines by Jessica Greenwell