Local study celebration

 The children were challenged to create a project at home based on the local area with either a history or geography focus. Parents and members of the community were invited in to share and celebrate the amazing work that the children had created.  

A very local expert

Mrs Davies one of our Teaching Assistants has a keen interest in local history. She led a session for Oak Class exploring how key buildings in the village have changed over time. 

Year 3 and 4 - Victorian experience day

Oak and Cedar Class children have explored our school in more detail. We went on a trail of discovery around our school to find out more about the age of the different parts of our school building. We created a plan of our school and used a key to date the different parts. We also created a timeline of our school and found out more about a fire that broke out in our school in 1937. We have learned more about the Victorian origins of our school and discovered how a lesson would have felt! We also explored artefacts from the Victorian era.

Citizen Science - Testing the Water

​As part of our topic this term, Local Study, we have been lucky enough to find a citizen science project to take part in called 'Testing the Water' for the Freshwater Habitats Trust in collaboration with the The Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape Partnership Scheme. The project involves testing water samples in school for nutrient pollution and submitting the results to the Freshwater Habitats Trust.  We compared our results to our predictions and plotted our sample locations on a map.

Home learning project

We are really excited about this home learning project and are looking forward to sharing the children's wonderful work with families and the wider community.

Field Study Morning

During this morning we plan to get out and about to explore our wonderful local area. The children will take part in three activities. One activity will develop map reading skills and explore how our village has changed over time. We will also study the river which flows through our village. This will include learning more about topography the water cycle  and features of the river. In the third activity, the children will base their learning around the wonderful church that is central to our community.