Year 4 collaborated to construct obstacles for an assault course. Forest School opportunities are designed to build on an individual’s innate motivation, positive attitudes and/or interests. Any Forest School experience follows a Risk–Benefit process managed jointly by the practitioner and learn
Now the days are getting longer, so our hens are beginning to lay. The nursery children collected the eggs today. They were very surprised at how many colours and sizes there were. Who knew you could get blue or even green eggs! They were even more surprised when the eggs were cracked, they all lo
This week, Year 6 were lucky to be visited by Chef Nick Fairley, who worked with them to create two healthy dishes from America. He also talked to them about the possibilities that are open to children who enjoy cooking and his career path to becoming a chef, an educator and to owning his own cooker
Nursery have been learning about the season of Spring this week. We started our week reading and the story “that’s my flower” which focused on a squirrel finding a flower in the woods. It was the only flower that had grown so far and he wanted it to be his. It talked us through how flowers beg
Over the last two weeks, Year 6 have been learning about fractions, decimals and percentage in their maths lessons. To begin with, the children had to become familiar with percentage, decimal and fraction equivalents. Knowing these equivalences allowed the children to compare and order them. The chi
In Maths, Year Two have been learning all about measurement. They have learned how to measure the length and height of an object as well as the mass. To begin, the children used a ruler to measure the length of different objects and lines. To ensure their measurement was accurate, they had to line t
Our new PE topic in Nursery for this half term is Ball Skills. Last week in our PE session, we worked on throwing and catching a beanbag. We worked hard with our partner to make sure we were throwing the beanbag sensibly and that it was travelling in the correct direction. We made sure we had ou
In science this term, year 4 are learning all about solids, liquids and gases. They have identified different materials in each of these states, and described the differences in their properties. After learning that all materials are made of particles, the children then took on the roles of particle
This week’s HG News bulletin can be found below.
World Book Day is always full of excitement: children all dressed up; staff in strange costumes; and lots of fun activities planned throughout the day. The day is designed to celebrate the importance of books and foster a love of reading. This year, the whole school have worked from a twisted fairy
