This week, our story is “The Little Gardener”. We have learnt about what is needed to care for a garden and keep plants growing. We have been enjoying exploring a variety of tuff trays filled with exciting activities. We especially loved creating flower potions and perfume at the potion station, Read more
Year 2 Forest School Art: Exploring Clay During our recent Forest School sessions, Year 2 pupils took their art learning outdoors and explored working with clay in a natural environment. Being surrounded by trees, leaves, and natural textures provided the perfect inspiration for creative work while also supporting pupils’ curiosity Read more
We have been so lucky to enjoy another half term of forest school with Miss Brown this half term. We have worked on lots of our skills during the sessions which also link to our skills Builder skill each half term..
This morning we had a special Christmas treat in Forest School, we made smores! We started a fire safely with the help of Miss Dewhurst. We then talked about being careful around the fire and took it in turns to cook our marshmallow over the fire. We sandwiched it between Read more
Today, we used forest-mud mixed with water and paintbrushes to create pictures of our families, as this half-term our topic has been ‘All About Me’. We loved gathering the mud, adding water and using the brushes to make our artwork. We enjoyed exploring the forest, playing games and climbing the Read more
We have loved taking our Geography learning about weather outdoors into our Forest school lessons. Take a look at our lesson about wind, in which we made wind-catchers, and our lesson on rain, in which we made umbrellas. We are really enjoying our outdoor learning!
Today, Year 5 were able to take part in a workshop about road safety. The children were able to go outside with two visitors working with Greater Manchester Police to talk about road safety and how we can stay safe near the roads. The children were fantastic at asking questions Read more
This week in forest school year 6 Sycamore have been doing some science experiments . This half term we are looking at Particles and chemical reactions in science so Miss Brown planned us some science experiments for during forest school. Some of the children had a go at using the Read more
For our R.E. lesson this afternoon, Year 5 Juniper and Pine went outside exploring to find reasons that people may believe in God and reasons people may not. The children came up with some fantastic explanations and reasoning for their discoveries. The children were looking closely at the wildlife, plants Read more
Year 6 Sycamore have enjoyed their first week back at forest school. Using our skills builder knowledge in preparation for our PGL residential this weekend, we have been taking part in teamwork and leadership activities. The children were asked to work in pairs to look for creatures in the woods Read more