This week we continued with the boat building theme, linked to The Vikings. The children were taught how to make a timber hitch, used to move wood and to create a starting point for securing other more complex hitches. Knot work can be very challenging, so using big ropes on large logs helps the chi
What a beautiful morning to be creative, catch up with friends and start our journey into this years Forest School sessions. Linking to the topic of Vikings the children began setting up a boat building area. They started gathering resources from around the site and made their first models. Simple
This week the children in Year 3 enjoyed a morning of forest school and physical activities in the warm sunshine. Mrs Chapman and Mrs Hamilton’s class displayed impressive teamwork during an orienteering activity. They followed a map of the school grounds to find hidden clues. Each clue reve
This morning, the children completed the Race for Life by running 13 laps of the school field. Well done to all of them – and to the other children in school who completed this race last week. Understanding why this race is done each year, has been something that the class have discussed with matu
The children in Nursery have loved sports week! This week we have been on our holidays to Australia and enjoyed looking at their country. We particularly liked learning about their animals and going on an outback adventure. On Thursday was out sports day. We completed lots of different races includi
Throughout Sports Week, Year Five (Mrs Jennings’s class) have taken part in lots of interesting activities based around sport and a country that is taking part in the Olympic Games. Year Five’s country was Tanzania and the children have learnt lots about what it would be like to go there. Many of
Bonjour, the children in Year 3 have enjoyed their sports week. They ran an impressive 6 laps of the field as part of our Race for Life and have been proudly wearing their medals. Thank you to everyone who has made a donation for Cancer Research. They also enjoyed an energetic hula hooping ses
The children in year 4 got to take part in their sports day this week once the weather finally improved. It was a fantastic and fun filled afternoon of individually competitive and team events. The children were placed into four teams and took part in individual races such as the sprint, hurdles, eg
Year 6A were happy to be back in school today to enjoy a Hoopstarz session. They learnt tricks, worked their abs and enjoyed listening to the music. There were certainly some good skills on show – although not from Mr Allen!
Well done to Year Six (Mrs Galvin’s class) for completing their Race for Life today. The children ran 10 full laps of the school field – a very impressive feat! It was fantastic to see how much effort they put into the run and how supportive they were of each other. Thank you to everyone who has
