A warm welcome back to the first part of the Summer Term 2025
We would particularly like to welcome new
families who have children starting in our afternoon session, staff are on hand to answer anu questions you may have 
There are 5 weeks this half term with lots of exciting play, learning and exploration to fit in !
Our key focus, as always, will be based around high quality texts and this half term we are celebrating some of the stories by the amaxing Julia Donaldson.
Week 1 and 2 The Gruffalo
Week 3 The Scarecrow's Wedding
Week 4 and 5 A squash and a Squeeze
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. Children's read-aloud (audiobook) with colour illustrations.
kids story book. story time The mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood.... Music: Rain Musician: @iksonofficial
The Scarecrows' Wedding - Give Us A Story!
Lovebirds Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay plan to tie the knot. But things do not quite go according to plan... Will they manage to pull off the Scarecrows' Wedding, the best wedding ever, the wedding that no one will ever forget???
A Squash and a Squeeze By Julia Donaldson & Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
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Sing-along with The Gruffalo and Julia Donaldson!
There's a Gruffalo in the building! Julia Donaldson, her husband Malcolm and The Gruffalo stopped by HQ to sing us a song from her amazing book, 'A Treasury of Songs!'
Julia Donaldson: A Treasury of Songs (2016) (CD)
As well as being the UK's most successful picture book author, Julia Donaldson is a gifted songwriter for children. "A Treasury of Songs" (2016) contains over twenty of her songs, including fun-filled action rhymes, Aesop's fables, and songs based on Julia Donaldson's best-loved picture books, from Room on the Broom to The Gruffalo.
Weekly Planning Overview
Please see the following document for the outline of the children's learning for this half term xx