Despite the children being off, the Jubilee Project needs to move forward in readiness for next week. Miss Rowe and Dom were joined this week by Neil who is creating a beautiful drift wood arch. The arch will be planted with climbers and certainly adds a touch of drama to the garden. Meanwhile the p
This week at Angel Court the children took the photos, they did a fantastic job and it gave Miss Rowe and her little helper the opportunity to dig out some roots and move some earth. Only a few weeks left to get the garden ready and you can see how committed the children and residents are to the tas
We have had a super week at Nursery this week! Our focus during small group times has been; ‘minibeasts’. Over the week, we have looked at different minibeasts, described them and talked about where we might find them in the garden. The children enjoyed talking about minibeast houses, what they
We have had a super week at Nursery this week! Our focus during small group times has been; ‘bees and flowers’. The children have loved learning about the importance of bees in the garden, and how we can bring bees to the garden. We have planted some seeds to grow our own flowers to attract the
We have begun the term by looking at how we can make our Nursery garden FANTASTIC! We asked the children what they would like in their garden and this has started off by planting lots of fruits and vegetables. We read the story ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ and looked/explored lots of different fruits
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
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 week in Science we have been looking at the digestive system and how the body processes the food and drink we eat to get the nutrients and energy out that we need to live. To help, today we did a practical demonstration using tights, toothpaste, bread and cola. It was a bit messy but very v
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
