Year 1 got creative this week, Journey Sticks are a lovely way of encouraging the children to observe the changes in nature around them. They can be made at any time of the year and as well as helping the children to develop their fine motor skills give them a lovely memento of their Forest School s
Barter Town is in full swing now, we begin each session with a review about the previous week, a town meeting if you like. What went well, what needs prioritising, what issues can be worked through. This gives the children time to reflect and to ask other villagers for advice. It has been interestin
Despite torrential rain our Year 2 children still enjoyed a very busy afternoon in the Forest School. This was a free-play session. Free play allows us see how well children are applying their understanding of things we’ve taught them previously. This term our focus is on Ready, Respectful and Safe
We continue to take part in the Creative Storytelling sessions with the charity Equal Arts and our friends at Angel Court. This week we finished the collage, adding the printed adjectives in strips to represent the winds hair. Leaves were cut out and then curled and stuck into the winds flowing lock
This week in Year 1, we have had a visit from KS and Mrs Cunningham. Firstly we discussed different emotions we feel and we freeze framed different emotions on our body. We talked about how we can have yucky feelings when we are scared, sad and worried. KS and Mrs Cunningham told us a story about a
This week, Year 6 were excited to be visited by St John Ambulance to learn some basic information about how to react to an emergency and some simple first aid if they were the first on the scene. The session started by considering the two emergency numbers the children might have to call – 999 and 1
Our gardening club began this week. Bob showed the children what will need doing in the allotments over the next few weeks. First job to collect the potatoes and turn over the soil, getting the raised bed ready for re-planting. They had a good haul and divided the produce between themselves to take
Reception had the pleasure of meeting our school hens up close this morning. Miss Rowe brought four of the hens into class, Nora, our largest, Silkie, our oldest, Winter, our smallest and the newly named Feather. All the children had the opportunity to stroke their soft feathers and some children he
Forest School this morning for Year 4 and more rain! But that didn’t dampen our spirits, we headed out to put into practice our fire-making skills. Miss Rowe had some help with the main campfire, the boys laid the tinder and kindling, then had a go at lighting it. Not easy in very wet conditions and
So impressive to see two of our newly appointed Outdoor Workers already having the confidence to run some games of Sticky Feet with the Year 1 children. Just getting yourself heard outside in the rain can be a real challenge, but both girls really found their voices today. That got everyone warmed u
