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
This week saw the welcome return to visiting our good friends at Angel Court residential care home. We’ve waited patiently but were so excited to catch up with everyone again. As you can see we haven’t wasted any time getting a new project up and running. The plan is to create a Jubilee sensory gard
This week Reception have been focusing on the traditional tale of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ to kick start our new topic for this term – Explorers Outdoors. The children enjoyed retelling the story in the small world using the props and masks. In Literacy, they wrote their own story of Jack and the be
This week we have truly taken advantage of the warmer weather. For our summer science topic we are learning about plants and firstly we learnt what a plant is. We all went onto the field for a plant hunt. The children found many different kinds of plant including bluebells, grass, daffodils, d
Today Reception revisited an activity from back in September, create a house for our Forest School Squirrel. It was really interesting to see how much their building skills have improved, moving with confidence and choosing all sorts of different materials. Then some of the children went to work wit
In Science, Year Two have been learning all about personal hygiene. They learned that keeping themselves clean and tidy means they can live a healthier and happier life. Year Two learned about lots of different ways they can have good personal hygiene, including brushing their teeth, wearing clean c
As part of our end of term activities, all children from Year 1 to Year 6 take part in a class quiz focussed around their foundation subjects (History, Art, Geography, Science, PE etc) whether it is individually on the iPads or as a class, using the interactive quiz tool – Mentimeter. The teachers
What a long way Year 2 have come in their Forest School journey. This morning they were totally immersed in the woodland. Building dens, creating games, planning and building bug houses, sharing skills, building new relationships, becoming leaders, the list goes on. More than all these things though
Forest School adventures for our Year 4’s. The flash challenge was to move our new logs into our site. This activity requires positive communication skills, a very difficult job if you don’t co-operate. They made it look easy however and were delighted by their own determination. They then continued
This week Year One have been learning about the life cycle of a frog. The children started their learning journey by watching a video of a real life frog grow. The children were amazed at the different growing stages of a frog – frogspawn, tadpole, froglet and frog. The pupils created a frog mobile
