Mini Medics

We took part in the Manchester United Mini Medics project for six weeks. We learned how to do CPR and use a defibrillator. We learned how to put someone into the recovery position and keep them safe until help arrived. We practised dressing and bandaging wounds. We also learned about how to help someone with asthma.

Our Geography unit was all about the United States of America. We located and researched the states thinking about their human and physical features. We used data about land use to create some comparison grids. We researched facts about how the states have changed over time.

Our science unit was about classification of living things. We researched fungi and made posters about the facts we found. We also sorted living things using their characteristics.  We research Carl Linneaus who develeoped a system to classify living things which is still used today.

Our first trip was to the Alionby Wetlands, it supported our science unit which was classification of living things. We investigated invertebrates and vertebrates in a variety of ways: we watched bees forming a nest in a beech tree, we searched the hedgerow looking for evidence of living things and we went pond dipping. We used classification keys to identify the living things we found.