• Make lists of vocabulary together to name and describe the fruits that are in the story and/or on the recipe card for Fruit Salad.


• Use the lists to model how to say and then write simple repeating sentences about the fruits in your list – e.g. My guava is sweet smelling. My apples are crunchy. My strawberries are juicy.


• You may ask children to repeat this independently by writing signs with descriptions of the fruits for a fruit stall or grocers’ role-play area.


Writing – Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation


ENGLAND Pupils should be taught to: • Develop their understanding of question marks.


SCOTLAND Explore and play with the patterns and sounds of language and use what they learn.


WALES Recognise that punctuation is essential to help a reader understand what is written.


NORTHERN IRELAND Develop increasing competence in the use of grammar and punctuation.


Handa's Surprise is a story that contains lots of questions – e.g. ‘I wonder which fruit she’ll like best?’, ‘Will she like the soft yellow banana... or the sweet-smelling guava?’


• Display the text to find the questions and question marks in the story with the children.


• Ask the children to think of other questions they could ask– e.g. ‘Which is your favourite fruit?’, ‘Do you prefer oranges or bananas?’


• Model the formation of a question mark. Ask the children to write it in the air and then on the board / a mini whiteboard.


• Write some simple sentences on the board and ask the children to read them for you, identifying which need a question mark.


Number MATHS


ENGLAND Pupils should be taught to: • read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words.


• given a number, identify one more and one less.


SCOTLAND Students can use practical materials and can ‘count on and back’ to help them to understand addition and subtraction, recording their ideas and solutions in different ways.


WALES Use number names accurately, matching the symbol to the sound. Count, read, write, compare and order numbers, and appreciate the conservation of number.


NORTHERN IRELAND Develop skills in estimation of length, ‘weight’, volume/capacity and area.


• Depending on resources available to you, you may draw, use plastic fruit, cut out pictures etc. to challenge children to practise counting from 1 to 20.


• You may also have numerals and words cards from which children may choose to match the numeral/word to the drawing or collection of plastic fruit. Play several times, even inviting children to draw or select plastic fruit to challenge peers.


• Children tend to find the concept of ‘one less’ more difficult than ‘one more’. The story of Handa’s Surprise provides a useful role-play opportunity to practise ‘one less’ as children can take it in turns to pretend to be the different animals talking fruit from the basket one at a time.


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