Over the next term both Year 5 and 6 will be taking part in a variety of fire based activities. Whether preparing food, cooking, learning fire safety or fire lighting, it is important that the children are involved in setting these areas up. This gives them a sense of ownership and responsibility. A
The children in Year 2 are currently reading The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson as part of their literacy work. So this week in our Forest School the children were asked to create some nonsense poetry inspired by the book. They would then be asked to present their poems in a variety of ways.
This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create limericks or nonsense poetry about Owls, and then share them in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read the Owl and the Pussycat and some of Edward Lear’s owl based limericks and discussed the humour often found in this type o
This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create some nonsense poetry inspired by wildlife. They would then be asked to present their poems in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read some funny limericks and looked at where the rhyming words often sit in a verse. Using a poe
This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create nonsense poems and then share them in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read some well known hedgehog poems and discussed the humour often found in this type of verse. We looked at where the rhyming words often sit in a verse
Year 2 took part in a big Forest school, tidy up today, in readiness for the gardeners to come in and cut the grass over the holidays. This is such an important element to our Forest School ethos, enabling the children to take responsibility for their environment and to begin to understand how our u
This week, Reception have continued to explore new zones of our EYFS outdoor area. They have enjoyed exploring moving water with our new hill water feature and water chutes. They have also been busy planting Spring flowers and camping in our forest area and looking for fairies and pixies in our
As part of our Red Nose Day celebrations, Reception have taken part in a variety of different physical activities during PE. We have been practicing our throwing skills into hoops and our new basketball nets, jumping on space hoppers, and nose and spoon races. The children enjoyed exploring differen
Year 3 spent an incredibly busy afternoon in our Forest School construction area. Working in teams of their own choice, the children were encouraged not to rush but rather to take some time to peruse the resources. This may give them some inspiration so they could make a plan and perhaps choose a th
This week, Year 3 enjoyed their first lesson of basketball. In pairs, they worked on their dribbling skills, taking it in turns to dribble the ball around the MUGA without loosing control or bumping into anyone else. They then moved onto passing and played games using both chest and bounce passes. S
