We may only have a small woodland but look what we can do with it! Year 1 are building on their relationship with nature through independent play. By learning to love and respect our natural world we encourage the children to want to protect it. First a flash challenge to find any spiky things. The
The children in Reception enjoyed some shady fun on a hot day out in our Forest School. They are really beginning to challenge themselves on the rope lines. Rope lines are physically, very demanding but as the children’s strength and co-ordination improves so they can devise all sorts of different w
Rain didn’t stop play for Year 6. The flash challenge to flip a tarp without stepping off. Very funny, very soggy, sometimes frustrating but ultimately very rewarding. The children put themselves into teams, the girls team romped to victory in minutes, clear leadership and a collaborative team made
The Jubilee Parterre continues at Angel Court. A parterre is usually a formal garden, created by arranging planting beds symmetrically and linking pathways with border hedges. The design for Angel Court will stimulate the senses, there will be fruits and vegetables that will need looking after and h
Year 4 are learning about historic pottery techniques in their art lessons, therefore in their Forest School session they were encouraged to enjoy some play with clay. Building confidence in how to manipulate the material takes time, but they quickly began to master some different techniques. Their
Understanding what makes a good friendship is something we talk about a lot in school. Everyone has different expectations which can even vary from friend to friend. So today in our Forest School we decided to make some delicious Friendship Soup. The lively chatter was constant. Which is more import
Week 2 of our Jubilee based sessions with our friends at Angel Court. Todays focus was sowing some wild flowers and getting some of the edible plants in the ground. First job, using our senses, who can identify the herbs? and Which plants are soft fruit? Dom then showed us how to sow wildflower se
This term, Reception a have been given the opportunity to work with a specialist gymnastics coach. The children made a very impressive start to their new unit of work this week by learning to do forward rolls. By the end of the session most children were able to do this and both classes then mov
In PE, Year Two have been practising their ball skills. This week, the children had to control the ball using their hands and feet. First, the children had to move the ball around their body in the same direction. When they heard ‘change’, they had to carefully change the direction the ball was mo
This weekend we were grateful that our hens finally came out of their Avian Flu lockdown. So wonderful to see the hens ranging free with the children again. Meanwhile time to create with clay, make dream catchers, hunt for mini-beasts, swing in the trees, build dens…..goodness the children were bu
