Our Topic

Summer Term

Our summer term topic is 'Leave No Trace' and our class novels are Song of the dolphin boy by Elizabeth Laird and The Briliant Deep by Kate Messner & Matthew Forsythe.

Finn has always been different, and in the tiny Scottish fishing village of Stromhead he sticks out like a sore thumb.

He's always felt that something was missing; until one day he dives into the ocean and finds that, swimming with the dolphins, he feels completely at home.

But his new friends are in danger of being injured by the rubbish that floats out into the water - and now a supermarket is going to release thousands of balloons that could drift out to sea and cause even more damage. Desperate to help the dolphins, Finn goes to the Lighthouse Crew, a group of kids who have always left Finn out. Will they be able to set aside their differences to save the dolphins? And what will Finn discover about his past along the way?

All it takes is one: one coral gamete to start a colony in the ocean, one person to make a difference in the world, one idea to help us heal the earth. The ongoing conservation efforts to save and rebuild the world's coral reefs―with hammer and glue, and grafts of newly grown coral―are the living legacy of environmental scientist Ken Nedimyer, founder of the Coral Restoration Foundation.
 
In telling the story of this sea conservation pioneer and marine life protector, Kate Messner and Matthew Forsythe create a stunning tribute to the wonders of nature and the power of human hope―a power even the smallest readers can access in their quest to aid our extraordinary planet.