1. Young Geographers Project WELLIES ON WEDNESDAYS! A Journey Around Austrey School

2. We can see a little red boat. It went past mountains, a water fall, grass, sticky mud, a pond and stones in the river. It went in the estuary to meet the sea. Having talked about the environmental features in this fictional text the children in reception took a journey around the school.

3. Investigating around our school Using our senses

4. What can you hear? ‘I can hear the wind hushing in the trees.’ ‘I can hear some birds.’

5. What can you see? ‘We haven’t got a mountain, we have got a hill.’ ‘I can see some trees.’

6. What can you see now? I can see a haws. (Marshall) I can see some pencils. Josie Age 4

7. I can see… I can see a tree. I can see riting. (Holly) I can see a lamp post. I can see a burdbox.

8. I can see… I can see a fence. I took a picture of a horse.

9. I can see… I can see a green house. We can see a cat.

10. I feel… I can feel the wind in my hair. (Katie age 4) I feel cold in the wind. (Lorena age 4)

11. I feel I feel muddy. I felt a bit suprizd! (Joe age 4)

12. I hear… I can hear lots of birds.

13. I hear… Squerch Squish y mud. Squelch

14. Using known phonics the children added a simple caption or sentence. The class helped by offering suggestions of phonemes needed. Here Lorena waited until she could work alone. Next week – Can we find a stream in Austrey?