1. Where my wellies take me.
Literacy
Using the book ‘Where my wellies take me’ by Michael and Clare Morpurgo as a stimulus
Focus on developing character and setting within stories
Write own stories based on a welly walk
Animal poems
Non-fiction writing about weather
Weather reports
Numeracy
Discrete work using White Rose Hub
Links with topic made where possible
Geography
Where could our wellies take us?
Exploring maps – different types and features of
Using co-ordinates
Learn about keys
Make our own maps of real and imagined places
Explore land use and physical and human features
Develop understanding features and use of the local environment
Traffic survey and report
Science
Exploring the seasons
Seasonal change
Different sorts of weather
Setting up a weather station
Writing weather reports
Where my wellies take me.
Art
Using illustrations from the Where my wellies take me book as a stimulus.
Produce artwork of the natural world using
Pencil, paint, collage, 3d modelling and clay
Music
Story through music
Cinderella
Carnival of the animals
Performance of music using instruments
Computing
E-safety
Developing programming skills
Presentation skills
Handling data
WOW Days
Life Education bus
Visit from an author and illustrator
Welly walks
Picnic
P.E
Games
Dance
Outdoor Ed / Forest School activities RE
Why are some places special?

2. Where my wellies take me Topic Drivers
As learners interested in Geography we will:-
Explore the purpose of maps
Look at a range of different maps of real and imagined places
Learn about the role of a key
Use co-ordinates to describe position
Name and describe human and physical features of the landscape
Look at the land use and features of the local area
Draw our own maps
As learners interested in Science we will:-
Learn about the different seasons and features of them
Learn about seasonal change
Learn about the different sorts of weather
Set up our own weather station
Take recordings of the effect of different weather e.g. rainfall
As learners interested in Literacy we will:-
Use the book Where my wellies take me as a stimulus for writing stories
Develop understanding of character and setting through the book
Write our own stories using the story and our own experience on a welly walk as a stimulus
Look at the role of an author
Learn about the work of an illustrator and look at how this supports the job of the author