Our Topic

Summer Term

Our Topic for the summer term will be 'Leave No Trace' and our class novels will be The Lost Whale & The Last Bear both written by Hannah Gold.

Rio has been sent to live with a grandmother he barelyknows in California, while his mum is in hospital.  All Rio wants is for Mum to get better so he can return home.  But everything changes when he joins a whale-watching trip and meets White Beak, a gentle giant of the sea.  Rio forms an instant bond with the whale, and for the first time in ages he feels a spark of hope.

There are no polar bears left on Bear Island-- that's what April's father tells her when his research takes them to an Arctic outpost for six months.  But one night April catches a glimpse of something distinctly bear-shaped loping across the horizon.  A polar bear who shouldn't be here- who is hungry, lonely and a long way from home.  A bear who is missing something- just like April.