Nature Trail: A joyful rhyming celebration of the natural wonders on our doorstep

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Topics: Personal Social Health Education, People who help us, Keeping healthy, parts of the body, numbers 1-5. Sensory jar creations. Add oil, water, glitter, cubes or Lego with letters on to build the words inside the jar.

As well as being a delightful treat of a poetic text (as you’d expect from Zephaniah), the book gives lots of opportunities to talk about and identify different types of insects, colours and fruit, making it a great learning tool for early readers too. Cute and vibrant illustrations by Nila Aye help to bring the imaginative world buzzing to life.Greyscale versions, as you may need to print lots if they are popular! These can be made into a notebook (perhaps a prescription pad) or attached to a clipboard. Teachers notes are included in the presentation and a document with screen shots of each slide, notes and links. These writing frames are designed to inspire young children to engage in purposeful recording through mark-making or emergent writing during their role play. At the bottom of a little boy’s garden, all is not quite what it seems. While out exploring, he discovers small animals and minibeasts doing everyday human activities. He watches as a frog and hedgehog play a game of cards while drinking tea, and claps along while beetles dance to trumpets at dusk. Later, he snuggles up with an owl as they read a bedtime story together. Victim or Villain? Viewpoints and motivation, do two wrongs make a right? Mitigating circumstances.

The writing frames can act as a guide for children role playing a visit to the doctor, prompting questions and responses such as “Where is the problem?” and “Take medicine three times a day.” The first time the frames are introduced, it would be good for an adult to model using them.

Writing (different genres and styles – forms, reports, statements, social media posts, case files, persuasive, factual).