In Design and Technology, Year Two have started to make a fire engine. First, the children looked at lots of different fire engines from the past to the present day. We discussed what fire engines need in order to work effectively (E.g. a ladder, a hose and sirens). They then designed their fire eng
Year 5 were given a piece of descriptive writing that was based on an Indian folk tale, however, Miss Rowe converted the story to reflect our North-Eastern weather. The original tale inspired the Chipko Movement, whose members embrace trees to prevent the destruction of forests. The word Chipko mean
Year 2 spent the afternoon making shelters for their furry squirrel friend. They were shown the squirrel before we went outside so had an opportunity to look at its size and discuss what things they would need to think about. Maybe which location would offer the most protection from the weather, wo
Over the last term, the Reception children have been on an exciting adventure through the jungle! The Jungle Journey programme aims to develop early fine and gross motor skills. Some of the fine motor skill development activities they have completed include: Tearing paper clothes to add to the
This week in Reception we have been looking at some Autumn celebrations. We have learned all about Halloween and completed lots of different Halloween activities, changed the home corner to a witches kitchen and made our own magic potions outside. We enjoyed telling our friends what we had been doin
In the summer our lovely willow hens had a revamp, and are looking splendid in their new outfits. Now our firepit has had a make over too, thanks to our talented friends at Sylvan Skills. The old willow fencing has been replaced with hazel to make a more robust screen from the elements. Our nature g
Applying some of their experience from last weeks den building session, Year 6 created miniature Anderson Shelters, linking to their current topic of World War 2. It was interesting to see the different ways the children approached this task, starting with a simple framework and building from there.
Year 6 are getting back into the swing of their Forest School sessions, they made the most of the Autumn weather to build some amazing shelters. Apart from the sheer creativity of the task, natural den building benefits the children in many ways. This week the dens had to be free-standing, use only
The children in Reception were very excited this week, to welcome a new visitor to our classroom. Mr Bones made a rare trip out of the science cupboard to help us to learn all about our skeleton. The children were fascinated to meet him and asked lots of questions. They learnt that we have 206
This week, the children in Nursery and Reception have been busy doing lots of arts and crafts with an Easter theme. As well as some great painted egg designs, other crafts include: decorating Easter bonnets; colouring Easter egg designs; Easter models; Easter cards and egg hunts. We would like t
