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
Friday 16th October is World Food Day. World Food Day is a day of action against hunger because when it comes to hunger, the only acceptable number in the world is zero. World Food Day celebrates the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organisations of the United Nations. As Harlow Green is Silver
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
Our Nursery children have been reading Stick Man this week, to help them to learn about families. After reading the story they went outside into our Forest School with Miss Rowe and collected some good sticks. These were brought back to nursery to make into stick people which they could take home. A
Stick Safety is a vital part of the children’s Forest School journey. In the willow house we encouraged the children to work out the best way to maneuver the materials. They then practiced in a circle watching each others techniques and making any changes. Once that was completed the children were s
Year 2 continue their investigations of our Forest School. It is important that they can move with confidence from area to area, finding smells and textures, bugs and plants, they begin to create a bank of information. This will help the children when we begin more specific activities, enabling th
This week in Reception, we have started to talk about our topic for this term, ‘Marvellous Me’. The children have been keen to tell their friends about themselves and they have really been getting to know each other. In our creative area, we have been painting self portraits. We talked about f
In our PSE lesson, Year 2 have been talking about friendship, how we can communicate our openness to others, even if there is a language barrier. We began with a short film showing greetings used around the world. We discussed how the current situation with Covid 19 has changed how we interact wit
This week in Reception we have started coming to school for full days! We have now met everyone who will be in our year group and are all enjoying getting to know each other and making new friends. We have started learning our class routines, spent time in our outdoor area, explored the classrooms a
It has been a real pleasure to welcome our new children to Reception Class this week. We have been so impressed with how well they have settled in and already began to make new friends. The children that have moved up from our Nursery, have been helping their new friends to learn the rules and r
