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
As part of our Geography topic ‘Coastlines’ we have been learning how to keep safe near water. We have been learning about the RNLI, we went outside to find facts about the RNLI and answered questions about safety at sea.
Today we have learnt about Diwali and why some people celebrate it in different religions. We spent all morning creating rangoli patterns and making our own mehndi hand designs. We learnt about bonfire night and why we celebrate it on the 5th of November. We took part in creative activities Read more
We came in the classroom and noticed underpants everywhere! We had no idea who had left them there and someone had left us a letter. The letter was from the pirates and they needed our help to find the golden underpants. We read the story and decided we needed to Read more
Year 5 had a fabulous time at forest school this week. First we thought about how science is all around us and we thought about the amazing job that scientists do. We thought about environmental scientists and the jobs they do to protect our planet. We then explored the area Read more
In history, we have been leaving about Christopher Columbus. We had to ‘explore’ the playground to find out facts about his life. We had to search for pictures of his ship to help answer questions. We worked really well together to find all of the answers.
Since returning to school, Year 5 have been producing some fantastic writing based on an animated clip named ‘The present’. So far in our writing, a computer game obsessed Ben, has just received a special gift from his mum. When Ben opens the gift he is surprised to find a Read more
This morning we went outside to collect leaves during our forest school lesson. We then used these leaves to create an owl picture. Our new story for English is ‘The owl who was afraid of the dark’ so for our first English lesson we had an experience day where we Read more