Over the last half term Year 3 have been taking part in various Forest School activities, writing rhymes, tower building and this week, creating simple games. The common link is the need for the children to collaborate no matter what the activity. This over-arching theme of collaboration links direc
Year 6 really demonstrated the knowledge and confidence that they have gained over their years in our Forest School. With a checklist to fall back if needed, they set up the fire pit ready for cooking. This included ensuring all safety measures were met before any lighting takes place, Chopping wood
This week in Reception, we have been reading lots of stories about scarecrows. We read The Scarecrow’s Wedding, The Scarecrow’s Hat, The Scarecrow’s Secret and Tattybogle. In literacy, we used our phonics to label the parts of a scarecrow. As our seedlings are now almost ready to plant out, we
This week in Reception, we have been learning all about growing beanstalks and how the process of growing a plant works. We talked about the plants life cycle going from planting a seed all the way to a beanstalk with peapods. The children have enjoyed planting their own beans in the outdoor area an
The boys and girls have enjoyed learning about bees this week! We read ‘The Very Greedy Bee’ and talked about the bee in the story and whether he should have been so greedy! The children enjoyed making bee puppets, making delicious honey sandwiches and painting buzzy bees. We have planted flowers in
Over the next term both Year 5 and 6 will be taking part in a variety of fire based activities. Whether preparing food, cooking, learning fire safety or fire lighting, it is important that the children are involved in setting these areas up. This gives them a sense of ownership and responsibility. A
This year, as a school, we are taking part in the Royal Mail Heroes Stamp Design Competition. Millions of key workers have kept the country going when many others were told to stay home and there have been many people who volunteered to help in their communities. Royal Mail wants to honour them by p
This week in Reception, we have been learning all about St George’s Day and celebrating the Queen’s birthday. As part of our theme we learnt all about the country that we live in. We read a great story called ‘Me on The Map’ by Joan Sweeney which introduced the basic concept of using a map. We
In Nursery this week, we have been learning about mini-beasts. We started to look at spiders! We read Aargh Spider and Spider Sandwiches. The children enjoyed making spiders, counting spiders and hunting for spiders outdoors. We learnt that being a spider was lots and lots of fun. Article 28 – We al
The children in Year 2 are currently reading The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson as part of their literacy work. So this week in our Forest School the children were asked to create some nonsense poetry inspired by the book. They would then be asked to present their poems in a variety of ways.
