Starting School: Stories and Routines
Starting School: Stories and Routines
What do you already know about starting school?
Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson you will be able to talk about your first week at school, recall events from stories, connect them with your own experiences, and identify story characters.
How Does It Feel To Start School?
Many students feel excited or a bit nervous on the first day. Let's see how stories help us understand these feelings.
Stories About Starting School
Books about starting school show us how others experience their first day. They teach us about feelings, new friends, and routines.
Connecting Stories to Our Own Experience
Think about a story you heard. Can you remember a part that was like your own first week? Sharing these connections helps us learn from each other.
Remembering Events
Now think about your first week. What is one thing you remember clearly?
Discuss what happened to the main character in a school story. What do you remember most?
From Your Life
From a Story
Our Daily & Weekly Routines
Let’s explore the routines we follow at school every day and week. Routines help us feel safe and organised.
Reflect: Retell Your First Week
Can you retell something that happened during your first week at school? Try using details, just like the main character in a story.
Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.
Write down 2 things you want to know more about.
Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.