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Stories with Staff
Tell Me A Dragon
​​with Syeda
Everyone has their very own dragon, and this book describes many different varieties of the beast, showing in words and stunning pictures exactly why their owners find them so entrancing. They range from a dragon as big as a village to a tiny dragon with whisper-thin wings, from a snaggle-toothed dragon to a sea-dragon which races dolphins on the waves.
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Nick Sharratt 
Shark in the Park
​​with Maria
Timothy Pope, Timothy Pope, what can you see through your telescope?
Is there a really a shark in the park? Go on, be brave, open the book and see! 
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What's in the Witch's Kitchen
​​with Becky
The witch has hidden a trick and a treat in her magical kitchen cupboards! Which one you find depends on how you open the doors. Whether it's frogspawn or popcorn, lollipops or rabbit plops, there are hilarious rhymes to discover inside in this innovative new novelty book from Nick Sharratt. ​
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Octopus Socktopus
​​with Maria
Lift the flaps to reveal your favourite octopus! Will it be the Cuckoo Clocktopus, the Scary Shocktopus or maybe even the Party Frocktopus? 
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Rocket Countdown
​​with Urszula
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The spaceman is ready and the rocket is all set to go. Start the countdown to take-off from ten to one. For each number there's something to do: a door to open, a dial to turn or a tab to pull.
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The Wonky Donkey
​​with Julie-ann
​I was walking down the road and I saw...
a donkey,
Hee Haw!
The Wonky Donkey
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There Are No Animals in This Book (Only Feelings)
with Judy
​Masterworks of contemporary art teach children about feelings and how they can be expressed in art.
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Hair Love
​​with Lize
I​t's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this story of self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters. 

Zuri knows her hair is beautiful, but it has a mind of its own!

It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Mum always does Zuri's hair just the way she likes it - so when Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. 
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Owl Babies
​
​with Jahera
Three baby owls, Sarah, Percy and Bill, wake up one night in their hole in a tree to find that their mother has gone. So they sit on a branch and wait... Darkness gathers and the owls grow anxious, wondering when their mother will return. But, at last, she does and they bounce up and down with joy, welcoming her home.​
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Tales Toolkit
with Syeda
​A Toolkit for creating Tales. Story has been shown to improve all types of learning and increase engagement and memory capacity. The symbols for Character, Setting, Problem, Solution give children a tool to independently weave magical tales.
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Tales Toolkit
Little Rabbit Foo Foo​
​with Becky

He's wild, he's wicked, he's Little Rabbit Foo Foo! This bunny likes nothing better than to ride through the forest bopping everyone on the head. Wriggly worms, tigers, no one is safe. But here comes the Good Fairy – and she is not amused!
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
​with Lize
A small caterpillar emerges from an egg and begins eating everything in sight. Finally, it is no longer hungry and no longer small. The big, fat caterpillar builds a cocoon (chrysalis or pupa) around himself and finally emerges as a beautiful butterfly. 
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Caterpillar Song
​This book, published in 1969, is a picture book classic. It tells the story of a greedy caterpillar searching for food. As the caterpillar nibbles its way through different foods, your child will not only enjoy the story but be introduced to the life cycle of a butterfly, the days of the week, practise their counting.
​Find out more about butterflies and caterpillars here
Book titled 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'Read this book made on StoryJumper
Supertato
​
​with Julie-ann
​Meet Supertato! He's always there for you when the chips are down. He's the superhero with eyes everywhere - but now there's a pea on the loose. A very, very naughty pea. Has Supertato finally met his match
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My Shadow
​​with Judy
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow –
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like a bouncy rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.

He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he’s a coward you can see;
I’d think shame to stick to mummy as that shadow sticks to me!
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One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like a naughty sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
​Naughty Bus
​
​with Becky
A young boy receives a toy bus as a present and has great fun exploring the world with his new toy which turns out to be quite a naughty bus – or is it the boy being naughty?!! This is a very unusual picture book with a story told through close up photography and mainly narrated by the toy bus. Very cleverly recreating children’s imaginative play this book is great fun to share with your child and to use as a springboard for their own play ideas.

Sing a song
Sing ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ click here for the words. You might like to create a new version to the same tune together instead changing the words to The Naughty Bus….​
Inside, Outside, Upside Down
​with Urszula
​A bear explores a box on a truck and gets carried away. By the time he has returned, the reader will be exposed to the concepts of "inside, outside, upside down."
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​The Tiger Who Came to Tea
​with Judy
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger!
My Cat likes to Hide in Boxes
​​with Becky
Lots of cats all around the world do exciting things like fly aeroplanes or play the violin - but my cat, an ordinary round-the-house cat, likes to hide in boxes.
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A Chair for Baby Bear
with Shamsad
The story picks up from where "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" left. Goldilocks broke baby bear's chair and Papa Bear couldn't fix it. They tried to buy a new one in town but couldn't. When they returned home empty handed they found a surprise at the door.
Can you help poor Baby Bear by designing and making him a brand new chair?
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Octopants
with Syeda
​There are all-in-ones for urchins and slipper-socks for eels... but will Octopus ever find a pair of pants to fit? A hilarious rhyming romp, packed with underwater underwear!
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  • Information
    • Admissions
    • Curriculum Goals >
      • Settle in and become a confident learner
      • Follow a recipe to bake a bread roll
      • Make a model at the woodwork table
      • Ride a bicycle
      • Create your own rhythmic patterns and respond to music
      • Create shades of colour using powder paints and palette
      • Make up your own stories
      • Write the first two letters of your name
    • Early Help
    • Early Years Pupil Premium
    • Federation With Children's House Nursery School
    • GDPR
    • Health Guidance/Viruses
    • Lunchtime
    • OFSTED
    • Organisation
    • Places for 3 & 4 year olds
    • Safeguarding Summary
    • Special Educational Needs and Disability
  • Families
    • International Evening
    • Cycle Sisters
    • Children and Family Centres
    • Food Bank
    • Head Lice
    • Library Visits
    • Saturday Garden
    • What our community thinks
    • Working Together
    • Workshops and Courses
    • Useful Links
  • Outreach
    • Articles, Research & Conferences
    • Our Outreach Work
    • Resources >
      • Design Project
      • RKNS shopping
      • Learning Journeys
      • Special Books
      • RKNS using film
      • SEND/Inclusion
  • Governors
    • Who Are Our Governors?
    • What Do Governors Do?
    • Annual Report to Parents
    • Governor Attendance
  • Learning
    • Curriculum >
      • Personal, Social & Emotional Development
      • Physical Development
      • Communication and Language
      • Literacy
      • Mathematics
      • Understanding the World
      • Expressive Arts and Design
    • Learning Gallery >
      • Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
      • Performing and Playing Music
      • Learning Outside
      • Taking Risks and Being Independent
      • Being Creative
      • Showing Curiousity
      • Designing and Building
      • Cooking
      • Our Shoppers
      • Bike It
      • Science
      • Independent Projects
      • Research Projects
      • Friendships
      • Sustainability
  • Home Learning
    • Learning with Rachel Keeling Staff >
      • Stories with Staff
      • Numbers and Counting
      • Busy in the Kitchen
      • Sing-along Songs
      • Experiments
      • Letters and Sounds
      • Gardening
      • Keep Moving
      • Exploration and Games
    • 52 Things To Do
    • Learning at Home
    • Talking to Children about Coronavirus
    • Music at Home
    • Cooking Together
    • Phonics
    • Mathematics at Home
    • Science
    • Nature Detectives
    • Sharing Stories
    • Tales Toolkit
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