Henry's Map (Literacy Development Through Fiction)
Dear Parents and Carers As the term goes on, foundation have been jumping in head first as our Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) learning focus on geography continues. Building on our work on place, foundation have been looking at how locations and their features can be shown on simple maps. Foundation have been focusing on special places and places familiar to them, most notably the places they see on their way to school. Image 1: Henry's Map Cover In class, we read the story 'Henry's Map' by David Elliot . The story is about a very neat pig who sets out to make sure that there was a place for everyone on the farm. Henry decided to draw his sty and set out to draw all of the other animals in their places on his map. As you know, a note went home which asked parents and carers to help the foundation children take special notice of the places they see on their way to school. This was tremendously helpful, and I want to thank you all for taking the time to ...