Malala Yousafzai Class Blog June 17th – 21st 2024

The recent good weather has provided our group with a fascinating insight into the world of nature. We are lucky enough to have an amazing wild flower garden right outside our classroom windows. The lavender in particular seems to provide an attractive home for the local grasshoppers. The children have been excited as we seem to be visited daily by families of grasshoppers. To positively engage with these fascinating insects, we have named them and taken the anxiety and stress out of creepy crawlies, by adopting them and looking out for them. Our care and kindness appears to be encouraging repeat daily visits - reat for learning about different habitats and the wonder of creatures around us – particularly at this time of the year!

In Geography this week, we have looked at some key cities of the United Kingdom and used atlases to locate each of these. In Science, we studied the effects of gravity and undertook an experiment with different sized and weighted objects and the ‘craters’ that they created in a bed of flour. 

In class, for our Guided Reading aspect of the curriculum, we have finally reached the concluding chapters of “Holes” by Louis Sachar. A story about a boy who, through a miscarriage of justice, is sent to a juvenile detention centre in the middle of the desert. Will Stanley and Zero escape the nest of poisonous lizards? Will the treasure finally be revealed?

It has been rewarding week. As we move towards the final days of the summer term, there is still much work to be done, but a last burst of effort and resilience will see us through to a hopefully sunny and warm summer break. 

We hope that you enjoy your weekend and the Isle of Wight festival if you are attending, or the beach if not!