Eco Committee
Gardening Club
In gardening club over the last 2 weeks, we have had lots of fun making caterpillar grass heads and creating watercolour paintings. We have planted plugs into our planters and we hope to see some growth soon.
English
Theseus’ labyrinth
We have started our topic of Greek Myths by exploring one of the stories Theseus and the Minotaur. We learnt that Theseus had to travel through the labyrinth to the monster. We have been using our problem solving skills to help Theseus find his way through the maze. Here are Read more…
Outdoor learning
Emotions in the Easter story
At Forest School today, Year 5 read the Easter story around the fire circle. We discussed the emotions that were felt at different points in the story. The children went on a scavenger hunt around the area and found 18 different flash cards showing different emotions. The children then got Read more…
Learning for Life
British Science week- Animal Hotels
During British Science week we have learnt all about different types of scientists and were amazed at how many amazing jobs there are that involve Science. Year 2 were given the task of creating animal/ bug hotels. We were very lucky to have some fantastic Year 6 children to come Read more…
Outdoor learning
Celebrating Holi
Reception have been learning about the festival of colour, Holi. To celebrate the festival, we have had a messy play afternoon today. We all went outside and chose different coloured powders to throw onto the floor and used chalk to create beautiful colours and patterns. We shouted “Holi Hai, Holi Hai” Read more…
Outdoor learning
Forest school
Today we had our first forest school session. We really enjoyed ourselves. Here are some pictures of our learning.
Learning for Life
Well-being in the woods
On Friday, the children were wearing their clothes inside and we discussed how people can sometimes feel differently on the inside to how they seem on the outside. In Forest School, we recapped the 5 ways to well-being: get active, take notice, learn something new, connect with others and give. Read more…
English
Suffixes and Sentence types
This week Year 2 revised their knowledge of sentence types and suffixes through outdoor active lessons. We played Formula 1 Suffixes, speeding through an obstacle course to retrieve a route word to take back to our groups, before deciding which suffixes it connect with and working together to spell the Read more…
Mathematics
NSPCC Number Day – Year 1 Oaks
Children in oaks loved the number fun lessons! We had an exciting few lessons outside where they had to jump over hurdles and find the answer to calculations. The children loved running round and working out these problems. Well done Oaks.
Learning for Life
NSPCC Number Day Fun in Year 2
Today, the whole school celebrated NSPCC Number day by coming to school dressed as numbers and bringing a donation for the NSPCC. We also took part in numerous maths games and activities throughout the day including board games, colourings and numerous active games that also helped us to practise addition, Read more…