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Dragonflies had a fantastic day at Preston Montford field studies centre. This term we in science we are learning all about classification. We spent the day classifying invertebrates in 3 different habitats, an aquatic, forest and grass land. We used several different methods of collecting the species in the different areas and then used classification maps to identify and name them. A fantastic day was had by all!
Welcome back Dragonflies!
I hope you had a fantastic Easter and are looking forward to an exciting summer term!
Our topic this term is Around the world with a focus on Italy – have a look at our Topic web to see what we will be learning about this term.
summer 2025 Topic planner Dragonfly class
Below is our timetable to see what we’ll be getting up to each day!
PE this term will be on Tuesdays with Miss Woodhouse and on Fridays we will be going swimming, please come into school in the correct school PE kit on these days.
Homework will continue to be given out on Wednesdays and is expected to be handed in the following Wednesdays when we will also have our spelling test.
Please find the knowledge organisers for subjects this term in the document below. The knowledge organisers will tell you what the children will be learning and some key vocabulary they will encounter this term. I hope you find these helpful!
Dragonflies summer term knowledge organisers
As always, feel free to catch me at the gate if you have any questions or queries!
Miss Hindley
On Thursday we were lucky to have glorious weather for our trip! We arrived at Trevor Basin and there we were met by the staff from the Canal and River trust. First, we had a water safety talk where we learnt how we needed to stay safe whilst on the trip around the canal. Next, we enjoyed our first workshop where we dressed up as Navies and boat women to help build the aqueduct. Whilst we were constructing the parts we learnt about the lives of the Navvies and the different materials that were used to construct it. We really impressed the members of staff with our knowledge that we had already about Thomas Telford and the aqueduct. We successfully managed to recreate the aqueduct! After a quick break, it was time for our second workshop where we learnt about what life was like prior to the Industrial Revolution, how the land was used and the reasons why an aqueduct was needed. Again, Miss Hindley was really impressed with our knowledge recall from our Geography and History lessons. After lunch, it was time to put on our geography brains and conduct some surveys about land usage and human impact on the area, we also created a sketch map of the aqueduct and surrounding area. We even managed to watch some people magnet fishing to help tidy up any rubbish in the canal! Overall we had an excellent day and Miss Hindley was really impressed with the children’s knowledge and behaviour! Well done Dragonfly class!
Last week, in geography as part of our learning about canals we were tasked with plotting a journey from Maesbury along the Shropshire union canal to a destination of our choice. We used maps to follow a route along the canal, we designed an itinerary in our groups, plotting where we were going to stay over night and where we might stop to look at points of interest. Every group did an excellent job and were really excited to find on the map where they lived too! Great job team! 
This week we started our new topic learning all about the mouth and digestion. Our focus this week was the mouth. We first of all learnt about the different shapes of teeth and how herbivore and carnivores teeth differ. We then moved on the understand the role of Sliva, we dried our tongues out and then ate a cracker, we then had a drink of water and ate another bit of the cracker. We found out that without our silva we were unable to taste our crackers and we found it hard to swallow! Next, we did some taste testing, we had some liquids that were sweet, salty, sour and bitter. We used cotton buds to put the liquid on different spots on our tongues to find out which parts are more sensitive to tastes, we then recorded our findings on our tongue maps, we came to the decision that our taste buds on the side and tip of our tongue were more sensitive to taste. What a great lesson we had!
Last Friday it was world Number day. As a class we participated in different activities involving numbers. First of all we practised our measuring skills by creating potions. We had to work out different ways to make either 500ml or 750ml. We then decided which of our ‘recipes’ we wanted to use to make our potions. We played games by solving problems together to find puzzle pieces around the classroom and had a number quiz! Who knew you could have so much fun with numbers!
Another terrific event at the Corbet today. Our KS2 students represented the school brilliantly. We look forward to finding out the final results!
This term we are learning all about what it is like to be Hindu today. This week we were thinking about how Hindu’s show their faith when they are together. We learnt all about Mandir’s which are Hindu temples and Bhajans which are the songs used in worship that are devoted to different deities. The children were tasked in groups to give a presentation about an image of an aspect of the Hindu worship and explain its importance. Everyone spoke with great confidence!
On Tuesday the Young Voices choir had a fabulous day and evening performing along with other schools at the BP Pulse Arena in Birmingham. It was the final concert after months of hard work learning all the songs and dance moves. As well as the singing with other schools, we accompanied special singing guests Souparnika Nair from Britain’s Got Talent, Tommy Blaize from Strictly Come Dancing, and our favourite MC Grammar. We also danced along with Urban Strides street dance company. We were very tired by the end of the day, but it was well worth it!
On Thursday we channelled our inner Plant Hunter and went searching and identifying different plants around the school. We tried our best to use knowledge of plants we already knew of as well as discovering new plants we hadn’t seen before! We then tried to decide if the plant was Native or Non Native the UK. Finally, when back in the classroom we learned all about famous plant hunters who job it is to introduce new plants to the UK from other countries.
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