When Louis gets eaten up by a Gulper, his big sister Sarah knows she has to act fast, and sets off in hot pursuit. But rescuing a boy from a Gulper's tummy isn't so simple - especially when other strange and scary creatures are looking for their dinner too. . .
5. There's a lion in my cornflakes
Have you ever collected coupons from a cereal box? Maybe you were saving them up for a book or a toy. Well, when Dan and his brother decide to collect 100 coupons so that they can have their very own lion, they assume the task will be easy enough. How wrong can you be?! A wildly wacky story where anything can happen.
4. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
In this lovely rhyming picture book, based upon the folk traditions of the Nandi people of Kenya, a herdsman named Ki-pat finds a way to end the drought, and bring some much-needed rain to Kapiti Plain.
3. Handa's Hen
In the sequel to the modern classic, Handa's Surprise, two girls count all of the exotic and exciting animals they discover as they search for their grandma's hen. Learn to count with Handa in the sequel to the bestselling Handa's Surprise. Every morning, Handa, a young girl from the Luo tribe of Kenya, feeds breakfast to Mondi, her grandma's black hen. This morning, however, Mondi is nowhere to be seen. So Handa and her friend Akeyo set off on a hunt, coming upon two fluttery butterflies, three stripy mice, four little lizards, five beautiful sunbirds, and many more intriguing creatures.
2. We're Going on a Lion Hunt
In David Axtell's beautifully illustrated rendition of a well-known children's poem, two sisters are out looking for a lion – a lion that lives on the African savanna. The girls go through swishy swashy long grass, a splishy splashy lake, and a Big Dark Cave. When they finally meet their lion, they have to run, run, run through it all again to get back home.
We really enjoyed this adapted version.
1. We're Going on a Bear Hunt
For a quarter of a century, readers have been swishy-swashying and splash-sploshing through the award-winning favourite picture book We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Michael Rosen performs We're Going on a Bear Hunt
In this video, Michael Rosen performs the book - why not sing along with your copy at home!
This term:
In science we will be using books about everyday materials.
In history we will use some books about the great fire of London.
We also use articles on Lyfta for a range of different lessons.
Autumn Term
This is a modern picture-book classic - there's never a dull moment with the Large family! One morning Mrs Large, needing some peace and quiet away from her boisterous children, decides to take refuge in the bathroom. She fills herself a foamy bubble-bath and takes in a tray of her favourite breakfast...but finds her peace is to be very short-lived! It is the winner of the Best Books for Babies Award. "The Large Family" series has sold nearly four million copies worldwide.
The first in the much-loved Knuffle Bunny series, join Trixie, her dad and her favourite stuffed bunny in this award-winning and brilliantly observed cautionary tale.
Funny Poems we are learning -
Kitty
By Doug Macleod
Look at the pretty little Kitty
Gnawing on a bone!
How I wish she'd eat some fish and leave my leg alone.
Antigonish credited to W. H. Mearns Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne
We are using lots of other reading materials in our lessons to and these include -
The Big Book of the UK
Filled with facts about wildlife, food, sports, customs, language and some very silly place names, this book uncovers national secrets and unearths local legends from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Lifecycles
Welcome to the world of science that's colourful, friendly and exciting.
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