This week, Year 1 began a new maths unit ‘Position and direction’. Our first lessons were on full, half and quarter turns, and left and right. To improve our understanding, we headed outside for some practical lessons. We practised different turns with partners using objects and areas of the playground. Read more
We have had so much fun this week and done some amazing exploring and investigating! This week during our around the world topic, we visited India, we answered the register by saying Namasté, had an Indian sweet shop in the playdough area, made rangoli patterns, designs our own mendhi patterns Read more
In Science this week we have been looking at microhabitats. We have worked together to make a wormery, we discussed a worms habitat and then went outside to search for worms. We were looking for three different types of worms – Earthworms (endogeic worms), Deep borrowers ( anecic worms) and Read more
Year 1 have enjoyed forest school this half term. The children collected natural materials and used them to create some clay creatures. They also hunted the area for mini beasts and were able to identify lots. We also talked about how all the creatures in forest school were important and Read more
We had a fantastic time at forest school today. We celebrated the big garden bird watch and made some bird feeders and hung them from the trees. We toasted marshmallows on the fire and made s’mores. We also built dens and explored the trees and nature.
This week in Forest School, Snowdrops made a fire with the support of an adult. They were shown how to use a fire starter and taught how to be safe around the fire. The children loved sitting around the fire, singing our nativity songs and roasting marshmallows! All of the Read more
Children loved foraging for their materials to create their wreaths. They loved designing how they will lay it out and how many berries they want to put on. Well done everyone!
Year 6 took part in a forest school session led by Mrs Lang. They used natural resources to create a Christmas wreath, producing some fantastic results.
As part of our Geography topic (fieldwork), Year 6 visited Queen’s Park to conduct a field sketch. The children looked at how and why geographers conduct field sketches before they went out to do their own. The children used OASIS (orientation, annotation, sight, information and scale) as a key to Read more
In forest school this week, we have been on a hunt around the forest. We found lots of pictures from the story, The Good Samaritan. The children discussed the different parts of the story and then they worked together to put the pictures in the correct order. Once they had Read more