Design and technology
Forest school- Animals
We had lots of fun in forest school last week. To link with our new science topic ‘Animals’, we created animals with clay and natural materials, searched for mini-beasts, completed mud paintings and had lots of fun exploring and climbing trees. It was lovely to see such an improvement in Read more
Forest school
Nature hunt for RE
Today in RE, we discussed how Christians believe that God created the world and all of the fantastic things you can find in nature. We went down to our forest school area and carried out a nature hunt. We talked about which amazing nature find was our favourite and why.
Mathematics
Position and direction
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
Forest school
Forest School
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.
Forest school
Forest School Fun
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
Christian Values
Christingle Rock and Roll
This week we celebrated christmas with our Christingle service. Thank you to all those that were able to join us.
After school club
Gardening Club – Wreath Making
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!
Geography
Geography – fieldwork
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
Geography
Capital cities
In Geography this week we have been learning the capital cities in the United Kingdom. We then went outside, and with the help of the map on the playground, we drew our own UK using chalk then labelled it. We also played some fun games to help us to learn Read more