Science

Working in the dusky cold, the gardening club have worked very hard this half term to prepare for next Spring. They have already planted a thorny hedgerow, a grove of silver birch trees and another of sweet cherry trees, then last night started to put in lots of bulbs. Daffodils, crocuses, bluebells

This term in Science, Year Two have been learning all about what different animals eat. They have then used this information to create simple food chains. First, the children learnt that the arrows on a food chain show the transfer of energy, or who is eaten by who. They discovered that food chains

Even the ipad struggled in the low temperatures and cold finger tips makes taking photos tricky, but here is a round up of this weeks adventures in our Forest School.  Year 3 created Blobsters. In class they listened to a traditional tale of how Mother Nature created our planet, she pushed her hand

In their Forest School session this week our Nursery children created a Stick Forest on the hill at the front of school.  The sparkler sticks were made with sparkly glue and bits of coloured paper and some children collected leaves that they had found to make Leaf Sticks. These were then hammered i

It was a beautiful crisp sunny day for Year 1’s Forest School session.  First some games of Sticky Feet with our Year 6 outdoor workers, this game is fun but also encourages the children to think about characteristics of different creatures or plants. It also helps to establish boundaries and team

Our creative sessions continue at Angel Court with Rosie, a mixed media artists from the Equal Arts Council. Rosie works with Elizabeth the Storyteller and this week, linking to her story of the North Wind, we started to create some textile leaves, these will become part of our final piece of work.

In Reception Mrs Holt has been teaching the children about percussion. In class they tried to think about different ways of making a beat using items that are not instruments. We then headed into the Forest School to see is we could find musical objects in nature. They were really surprised at the v

What a fabulous time we had this week, learning about Bonfire Night! We loved sharing our experiences and talking about the bright fireworks that lit up the night sky. Everyone had a unique story to tell, and it was wonderful to see how much fun we all had! In art this week, we created dazzling fire

Miss Rutherfords class had their first Forest School session for this year. In class we had a class discussion about what our school rules, Ready, Respectful and Safe, looks like in the Forest School. The children were confident in their knowledge, Ready is not just getting our bodies ready for the

Learning about fires is particularly important at this time of year. Year 2 children have been learning about the Great Fire of London, in class they created their own houses using cardboard boxes. They decorated the houses marking on the wooden frames that would have been part of the houses origina