This half term our topic is 'This Green and Pleasant Land'. We are learning all about England and our local area. Our class story is set in British parkland. We will be writing instructions explaining how to make a disgusting sandwich and writing a setting description for the park.

In Geography we will use our prior learning to talk about our local area, noting human and physical features. We will also learn about some famous landmarks in England. We will be using maps and aerial photographs to describe what we can see in our local area, and we will be taking a walk around Matchborough. In science, we will continue to learn about animals. We will learn about animal life cycles and then start a new sequence of learning on microhabitats.

Mrs Spooner will be working with our class on some new topic vocab. Some of these key words have been sent home for you to discuss with your child.

Please take a look at the learning leaflets below.

Our Veggie Patch (25.4.24)

We are beginning to learn about plants in our science lessons this term. In our first lesson we talked about what we know about plants, what they need to grow, how to plant and care for them, what types of plants there are and what the parts of a plant are called. What a lot we know already!

The children have chosen what they would like to grow this year. We will be growing carrots and beans. We also hope that we might get some strawberries from our strawberry plants.

Today, we planted the bean seeds in pots. We are going to keep them in the classroom until they are big and strong enough to be planted outside. We will be 'observing them over time', watching them grow, looking after them and recording the changes that we see in a bean diary.

Please find below the photos of the children planting their seeds.

How To Make a Disgusting Sandwich (23.04.24)

Today we visited our Forest School and had lots of fun making disgusting sandwiches! In English, we planned what ingredients we would need to make our sandwiches. We then went to find them in the forest. This week, we will be writing a set of instructions so you could make a disgusting sandwich at home too!

Please take a look at some of the photos from our activity.

Dudley Zoo & Castle Class Trip (08.04.24)

We had an amazing time at Dudley Zoo and Castle. The children loved seeing all the animals and having the freedom to explore the zoo and grounds. We used our map skills to find our way around the zoo, picking which animals we wanted to visit. What a lot of animals we saw! And, what a lot of walking we did! We were so lucky with the dry weather, it meant the animals were outside for us to see. The children all behaved beautifully, they were great ambassadors for our school. 

Please take a look at a selection of the photos that we took on the day.