Term 5: Our Planet

OUR PLANET

TA Storytime in Term 5 will be centred around 'Our Planet'. We have selected a range of stories from all corners of the world. These beautiful stories have been selected from the Discovery Centre from three special sections; our environment section which lies under Rainforest leaves and vibrant birds made by the children, our STEM section which is placed next to a stunning display of a tree made with the help of our 3D printer, and our Globalisation section which is situated amongst the calming blues of the origami boats that float down from the ceiling. These stories will ignite powerful conversations about looking after Planet Earth and showcase how wonderfully diverse our world is.

Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!

- Psalm 146:

'The Earth is what we all have in common.'

- Wendell Berry

'There is a pleasure in the pathless woods. There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society, where none intrudes by the deep sea, and music in its roar. I love not man the less, but nature more.'

- Lord Byron

Reception

One Day on Our Blue Planet... In the Savannah by Ella Bailey

Rain by Manya Stojic

Two Frogs by Chris Wormell

Year 1

Stanley Stick by John Hegley

Jemmy Button by Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali

We're Sailing to Galapagos A Week in the Pacific by Laurie Krebs and Grazia Restelli

Year 2

The Journey Home by Frann Preston Gannon

Dingo Dog and the Billabong Storm by Andrew Fusek Peters

Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett

Year 3

The Promise by Nicola Davies

The Bojabi Tree by Piet Grobler

The Rhythm of the Rain by Grahame Baker- Smith

Year 4

Pattan's Pumpin An Indian Flood Story by Chitra Soundar

We Travel So Far... by Laura Knowles

Year 5

World Burn Down by Steve Cole

The Eye of the Wolf by Daniel Pennac

Year 6

The Story of the Blue Planet by Andri Snær Magnason

Moon Cake and other stories by Joan Aiken