Learning Challenges and Science Planner 2014-2015
Nursery
Learning
challenge
Who lives in my house
Suggested Text(s):
Do you want to be my
friend?
Where does the day go at
night?
Suggested Text(s):
How to catch a star
Whatever next
On the way back home
What can I do with water
Suggested Text(s):
The snail and the whale
Learning
challenge
What do I know about me?
Suggested Text(s):
The baby who wouldn’t go
to bed
Twinkle, twinkle little star
how I wonder what you are
Suggested Text(s):
How to catch a star
Whatever next
On the way back home
Why is it as cold in winter?
Suggested Text(s):
The snowman
Who are the famous
animals inside my books?
Suggested Text(s):
Elmer
How do I get about?
Suggested Text(s):
Bumper to bumper
Who goes to the ugly bug
ball?
Suggested Text(s):
There was an old lady
who swallowed a fly
Who are the famous inside
my books?
Suggested Text(s):
Jolly postman
Gruffalo
Room on the broom
Who can I ask for help?
Suggested Text(s):
We work at the hospital
Are all minibeasts Scary?
Suggested Text(s):
The bad tempered lady
bird
Would the Beatles have
won x-factor? H
Suggested Text(s):
Elvis and his Pelvis –
Michael Cox
What are the differences
between Yorkshire/Birstall
and the rainforest?
Why is the Wii more fun
than Grandma and
Grandad’s old toys? H
Suggested Text(s):
Did I ever tell you about
when your grandparents
were young? - Deborah
Shaw Lewis and Greg
Lewis
Toy Boat - Randall De
Seve
Dogger - Shirley Hughes
Reception
Year 1
Learning
Challenge
Where do, and did, the
wheels on the bus go?
Suggested Text(s):
The Naughty Bus - Jan and
Jerry Oke
Where do the leaves go in
winter?
Suggested Text(s):
Lila and the secret of rain David Conway and Jude
Daly
Why can’t a Meerkat live
in the North pole?
Suggested Text(s):
The Snowy Day Ezra -Jack
Keats
OOOpik - Bruce Hiscock
Science
Challenge
Which birds and plants
would Little Red Riding Hood
find in our Forest School?
Suggested Text(s):
Little Red Riding Hood
Why are humans not like
tigers?
Suggested Text(s):
The Tiger who came to tea
Judith Kerr
Bog Baby Jeanne Willis
How do the seasons impact on what we do? (Ongoing
all year)
Which materials should The Three Little Pigs use to build
their house?
Suggested Text(s)::
Build a house - Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
PSHCE/SEAL
Making Friends
New Beginnings
My World- Near and Far
Getting on and Falling Out
Anti-Bullying Week
My House
Going for Goals
Feelings
Relationships
Keeping my body healthy
It’s good to be me!
Looking after money
Changes and transitions
Learning Challenges and Science Planner 2014-2015
Year 2
Learning
Challenge
What would Dora the
Explorer/Ben Ten find
exciting about Birstall/West
Yorkshire?
Suggested Text(s):
Follow that Map – Scot
Ritchie
What were the people like
who lived here 100 years
ago?
Historical Christmas
Suggested Text(s):
The Panjandrum Himself
- Samuel Foote and
Randolph Caldercott
Science
Challenge
Why would a dinosaur not make a good pet?
Suggested Text(s):
Harry’s Dinosaurs - Ian Whybrow
Tyrannosaurus Drip - Julia Donaldson
PSHCE/SEAL
Taking Care of One Another
New Beginnings
Planet Protectors
Getting on and Falling Out
Anti-Bullying Week
Learning
Challenge
Who first lived in Britain?
Stone age to the Iron Age
Suggested Text(s):
Little Nose - John Grant
One small blue bead - Byrd
Baylor
First Painter - Kathryn Lasky
Do you think Sir Titus Salt
was a hero or villain? Local
History - Saltaire at
Christmas
Suggested Text(s):
Street Child - Bertie Doherty
Not always a perfect Place
- Judy Waite
The Railway Children - E
Nesbit
Science
Challenge
Are you attractive enough?
Suggested Text(s):
The Iron Man - Ted Hughes
PSHCE/SEAL
New Beginnings
What do rocks tell us about
the way the Earth was
formed?
Suggested Text(s):
Stone Girl Bone Girl Laurence Anholt
Pebble in my pocket –
Meredith Hooper and Chris
Cody
Getting on and Falling Out
Anti-Bullying Week
Why did the Titanic Sink?
Suggested Text(s):
Titanic Lost and Found Judy Donnelly
Story of the Titanic - Steve
Noon
Where would you prefer to
live England or Africa?
Suggested Text(s):
Bringing the rain to Kapiti
Plain - V Ardeena
The Leopard’s Drum Jessica Souhami
How have Rosa Parks and
Nelson Mandela helped to
make the world a better
place?
Suggested Text(s):
The skin I’m in - Pat Thomas
Cameron Can Too
Allie Brooke
Why do we love to be
beside the sea-side?
Suggested Text(s):
Billy’s Bucket - Kes Gray
and Garry Parsons
Tiddler - Julia Donaldson
Seahorse - John
BUtterworth
How can we grow our
own salad?
Suggested Text(s):
Super worm - Julia
Donaldson
Medicines
Going for Goals
How will 5 a day help me
to be healthy?
Suggested Text(s):
Handa’s Surprise - Eileen
Brown
Making the right choices
for a healthy lifestyle
It’s good to be me!
What is our school made of?
Suggested Text(s):
Lego City - Sonia Sander
Could you be the next
Jessica Ennis/David
Beckham?
Families
Relationships
Changes and transitions
What makes the Earth so angry?
Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsumanis
Suggested Text(s):
Journey to the Centre of the Earth - HG Wells
Why do so many people
choose to go to the
Mediterranean for their
holidays?
European Country
Spain, Zaragoza
Suggested Text(s):
The mystery of the Mona
Lisa - Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Why has Greece always
been in the news?
Ancient Greece
Suggested Text(s):
Men and Gods - Rex
Warner
Ancient Greece - Linda
Honan
How did that blossom become an apple?
Suggested Text(s):
James and the Giant Peach - Roahl Dahl
How can Usain Bolt Move so
quickly?
Suggested Text(s):
Running Wild - Michael
Murpurgo
How far can you throw
your shadow?
Suggested Text(s):
What makes a shodow? Clyde Robert-Bulla
Going for Goals
Relationships
Changes and transitions
Year 3
It’s good to be me!
Learning Challenges and Science Planner 2014-2015
Year 4
Learning
Challenge
Where would you choose to
build a city?
River study and City
Location
Suggested Text(s):
The Building of America Ware Thompson
Why is Leeds such a cool
place to live?
UK city Study
Why were the Romans so powerful and what did we
learn from them?
The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain
Suggested Text(s):
The Captive Celt - Terry Dreary
Roman invasion my story - Jim Eldridge
What would you have done
after school 100 years ago?
Study of Leisure and
entertainment beyond 1066
Suggested Text(s):
Chimney Child - Laurie
Sheehan
Science
Challenge
What happens to the food
we eat?
Suggested Text(s):
The Magic School BusInside the Human Body Joanna Cole
The Lucky Escape: An
Imaginative Journey
through the Digestive
System – Heather Manley
New Beginnings
How could we cope without
electricity for one day?
Suggested Text(s):
Electric Storm - Anne
Capeci
Magic School Bus Electric
Field Trip - Joanna Cole
Which wild animals and plants thrive in our locality?
Suggested Text(s):
Fox - Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks
Why is the sound that ‘One
Direction’ Make enjoyed by
so many?
Suggested Text(s):
The Pied Piper of Hamlin Michael Murpurgo
The Magic Flute - Kyra Teis
Getting on and Falling Out
Anti-Bullying Week
Going for Goals
Relationships
Learning
Challenge
Were the Anglo-Saxons
really smashing?
Suggested Text(s):
Beowolf - Kevin CrossleyHolland
The Lantern Bearers Rosemary Sutcliff
Why should the Gunpowder,
treason and plot never be
forgotten?
Suggested Text(s):
The Black Madonna - Stella
Riley
Why is Brazil on the news
again?
Suggested Text(s):
Running Wild - Michael
Murpurgo
Science
Challenge
Do all animals and plants
start life as an egg?
Suggested Text(s):
The Spider and the fly - Tony
Diterizzi
PSHCE/SEAL
New Beginnings
How old will you be when
you are as old as your
grandparents?
Suggested Text(s):
The Little Book of Growing
Up - Vic Parker
What does dead mean Caroline Jay and Jenni
Thomas
Getting on and Falling Out
Anti-Bullying Week
PSHCE/SEAL
It’s good to be me!
Why were Norman castles
certainly not bouncy?
Study of aspect or theme
in British History beyond
1066
Suggested Text(s):
Invasion - June Crebbin
Outlaw - Michael
Murpurgo
How would we survive
without water?
Suggested Text(s):
The mystery of the melting
snowman - Florence Parry
Heide
Changes and transitions
Year 5
Why should the Rainforests
be important to all of us?
Suggested Text(s):
Forever Forest - Kristin Joy
Pratt Serafini
The Great Kaphok Tree Lynne Cherry
The Lorax - Dr Seuss
Could you be the next CSI investigator?
Suggested Text(s):
The Lemonade Crime - Jacqueline Davies
Crime in the Queen’s Court - Nancy Drew
How can we rediscover the wonder of Ancient Egypt?
Suggested Text(s):
The Time Travelling Cat - Julia Jarman
The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt - Elizabeth Payne
Will be ever send another
human to the moon?
Suggested Text(s):
Mokee Joe is coming Peter Murray
Can you feel the Force?
Suggested Text(s):
How does it work? - David
Mc Auley
Going for Goals
Relationships
Changes and transitions
It’s good to be me!
Learning Challenges and Science Planner 2014-2015
Year 6
Learning
Challenge
Were the Vikings always victorious and vicious?
Suggested Text(s):
How to train your dragon - Cressida Cowell
The saga of Eric the Viking - Terry Jones
Will you ever see the
water you drink again?
Suggested Text(s):
The journey from river to
sea - Eve Ibbotson
Who were the Mayans and what have we learnt from
them?
Suggested Text(s):
The Mayan Civilization - Elizabeth Scholl
Mayan Civilization Moments in history - Shirley Jordon
Science
Challenge
Could Spiderman really
exist?
Suggested Text(s):
Butterfly Lion - Michael
Murpurgo
New Beginnings
What would a journey
through your body be like?
Have we always looked
like this?
How can you light up your
life?
Could you be the next
Nintendo apprentice?
Getting on and Falling Out
Anti-Bullying Week
Going for Goals
It’s good to be me!
Relationships
PSHCE/SEAL
I’m a Year 6 pupil can you
get me out of here?
Suggested Text(s):
Kensuke’s Kingdom Michael Murpurgo
When you reach me Rebecca Stead
Science Challenges
Changes and transitions