Thursday 22 April 2021

Year 2 plant detectives investigate the mere

In light of the current COVID restrictions, year 2 have been afforded the opportunity to visit the mere as part of the new topic for this half term, ‘Scented Garden’.

During last week, despite the cold weather, all the children have been in groups to visit the mere to study the flora and fauna around the mere.  The plant detectives were looking for signs of spring including new buds and flowers on the ground, in the hedgerow and in the trees.  The children were also able to identify many different flowers finding all sorts of colours, shapes and patterns in the wildlife and also recognised many trees from the leaves.

It was so lovely to benefit from the opportunity of being able to visit the mere – we are looking forward to revisiting the mere at the end of the topic to see what changes have occurred.

Thank you to Mrs Rolfe, Mrs Morgan and Mrs Jenkins who made this trip so enjoyable sharing their knowledge of the plants with the children.


Matching up the trees by identifying the leaves

Searching for evidence of Spring and new growth

Admiring the blossom and observing the size and shape of the flowers

Finding evidence of buds and the new growth