The nursery children all arrived on adjective day dressed up and ready to head out into our Forest School. They were split into teams; Sneaky Spiders, Wiggly Worms and Lovely Ladybirds, each team had an adult who had a collecting bag and a list of adjectives. The adults gave the children an adjectiv
We have been learning all about Diwali in Reception. The children have learnt all about the meaning behind the festival and how it is also known as the festival of light. We watched a variety of different video clips on the internet to be able to understand the festival in more detail. During guided
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
As with all environments open to the elements, our Forest School changes with the seasons. Year 3 spent an interesting afternoon investigating the site. Observing how the children react to the grounds helps to inform the planning of the sessions. Some children decided that they could use the windows
Diwali This week at Nursery we have been learning about Diwali – The Festival of Light. We have looked at their culture, how it is different from us, and how they celebrate it. The children loved the Bollywood dancing with instruments and ribbons, as well as admiring their costumes and colours. We
In year 4 Geography, the children have explored how the world is divided into different zones. They identified the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the Equator and the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Using these lines of latitude, they were able to describe where the continents of the world were
This week Year One have become budding mathematicians and have started learning about addition. The children have been introduced to a part part whole model and are starting to understand that the parts are always equal to the whole. Everyone has enjoyed drawing their own part part whole model o
The children in Year 6 have been doing some Geography work over the last two weeks linked to their World War II topic. They used atlases to find out areas in the UK where children had been evacuated from and to; used the London Underground Map to locate German spies using compass directions; and loc
This week, Year 5 begun working on our Geography unit: Rivers! We started the week by discussing rivers local to us, and we were amazed to see how many rivers there were in the UK! We then branched out to the world. The children were given a map with various rivers identified on it, and they used th
Year 3 have been learning about digital devices. This week, they discussed activities which we use digital devices for and thought about how digital devices can help us. The boys and girls then had a go at recreating a well known piece of artwork using both a paint program on the iPad and coloured p
