Growth!
Our core text this half term is The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis.
Welcome to the summer term! We hope you enjoyed the Easter break and that you had chance to spend some much needed time with friends and family.
This half term our topic is 'Growth'. We will be engaging in a variety of learning experiences to develop our knowledge and understanding of growth in the natural environment.
We began our topic by making our very own Bog Babies! We then planned and wrote a character description as part of our English learning.
In Science we have planted and watered our own sunflower seeds and will observe growth and change first hand as we watch them grow
In Art we are learning about the life and work of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe who is famous for her paintings of flowers. The children chose their favourite piece of Georgia O'Keeffe's artwork and carefully sketched the lines and shapes they could see.
As part of our English learning we made a 'Bog baby home'. We talked about habitats, what we needed to include and built our own for our Bog baby in the forest school. We collected adjectives and nouns to describe our habitats to be used in our writing tomorrow.
In Science we have been naming and identifying common plants. We explored around school taking pictures of all the beautiful flowers and plants we could find and created a 'picollage' using the Ipads.
In Geography we went on a walk to Victoria Park to study human (man made) and physical (natural) features. The physical features we found included the Pendle Water, old trees and wildflowers and we found several human features such as bridges, the duck pond and the band stand.
In Science we are continuing to learn about plants. This week we used loose parts in our outdoor classroom to create our own representations of a plant. We then labelled the different parts of the plant and talked about some their functions.
Sunflower update!
We have been pond dipping in Forest School to see what pond life we could find and identify. We managed to catch lots of tadpoles and even a few cheeky frogs! We put the tadpoles in a tank and brought them into class so we can watch the transformation from tadpole to frog! How exciting!
In English we have loved learning all about the bog baby story. We took our Bog babies on a journey around forest school using positional language to describe what they were doing. We then created a piece of writing all about their adventure.
In art we have continued to look at Georgia O'Keeffe focusing on the shapes, colour, vibrancy and details of her artwork. We have had so much fun recreating our own and have linked it to our science of naming parts of plants and their functions. Take a look at our artwork and our magnificent class display!
WE HAVE CATERPILLARS!!
We are carefully observing the different stages of the caterpillars life cycle and the metamorphosis as they turn from caterpillar to butterfly. Each day they appear to get bigger and bigger as they continue eating! We can't wait to see the next stage!
Sports Day 2025!
Mini beast hunting in the Forest School
Learning Outcomes Summer 1
