Today we discussed what is happening in the Ukraine. We talked about the news and what we can do if we feel upset like talking to a grown up about our feelings. We wrote letters of positivity to the children in Ukraine to make them feel happy. We planted Sunflowers Read more…
This half term, we are reading the story ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ in English. Last week, as part of our experience lessons, we went for a walk in forest school, pretended we were Little Red Riding Hood and used the FANTASTICS to collect vocabulary about what she might see, Read more…
This week we have had lots of fun for British Science week. We have worked together to make a wormery, we discussed a worms habitat and then went into Kayden’s garden to search for worms. We were looking for three different types of worms – Earthworms (endogeic worms), Deep borrowers Read more…
This week in Forest School, Year 5 have focused their learning on British Science Week. The theme for British Science Week has been ‘Growth’. We discussed how growth is all around us and everyone took part in some exciting science activities. We talked about how the population is growing and Read more…
This week we have talked about what a scientist is and what we think they look like. We created our own pictures of what we thought a scientist might look like and showed our pictures to our friends. During forest school we did our very own science experiment and used Read more…
This morning in forest school the children used crayons and paper to take rubbings from different trees. They looked closely at the different patterns and textures. Then the children planted the national flower of Ukraine (a sunflower) in support of Ukrainian people at such a hard time. The children came Read more…
For our English lesson today, we had an experience day where we went for a walk in the deep, dark wood. We used the FANTASTICS to collect vocabulary to use in our writing. We discussed what Little Red Riding Hood might see, hear hear and feel and how she might Read more…
This week at Forest School, Year 5 discussed things we may have done wrong in the past and how we moved on from them. The children discussed how sometimes they have arguments with people and say things that they don’t mean and then feel sorry afterwards. We used role play Read more…
This week Year 4 Maple have enjoyed our first Forest School session. We are linking our sessions with RE in the lead up to the celebration of Easter. Today we learnt all about the beginning of lent and why we celebrate with pancakes. We then enjoyed some pancakes by the Read more…
For forest school we worked in groups to collect sticks then had to make 2D shapes. We had to follow the clues and work as a team to complete the different challenges like: *How many squares can you make with 12 sticks. *How many triangles can you make with 12 Read more…