In Science, the boys and girls have been learning about plants. They began by exploring what plants are and recapping the parts of a plant before moving on to learning about the functions of each part. They were able to clearly explain this in their own folding leaflets. After this, each child chose
Over this term, we have been looking at the entertaining topic of digestion – starting with teeth and how they begin the process of chewing, munching, tearing and breaking down the food we eat. We conducted a demonstration involving toothpaste (our saliva and oesophagus) followed by bread (our food)
From their very first steps into our Forest School the children learn how to manage potential risk whilst still gaining the benefit of the experience. This may be as simple as changing the speed at which you move when it’s muddy under-foot to more specific activities like Stick Safety training. Thro
This week the children have continued their topic ‘Outdoor Explorers’ by focusing on growing and planting. We began by reading ‘Camille and the Sunflowers’ by Laurence Anholt and thinking about the life cycle of a plant. We have discussed the parts of a plant and learnt some key vocabulary s
We continue to learn about the trees we have in our Forest School and the more we know about them, the better we can understand why they have such importance. The trees and hedgerow that the children have recently planted are already starting to bud and blossom, this is very rewarding and immediate
This week in Nursery we have made a dark den in our classroom, and have explored using torches. We started our week reading the story ‘Kipper’s Monster’. Kipper went on an adventure in the woods to build a den with his friend Tiger. When they were in the woods a horrendous, terrifying shadow appeare
For our summer science topic we are learning about plants. Firstly we learnt what a plant is. Despite the rainy weather, we all went onto the field for a plant hunt. The children found many different kinds of plant including bluebells, grass, daffodils, daisies and buttercups and they enjoyed cr
This week, Year 2 visited Tynemouth Aquarium. During their visit, they saw lots of different sea creatures and learned how to protect them. The children also visited the beach where they found out what their new English text is going to be for this half term. To begin, the children were given the op
Some of our ceramics are out of the kiln, don’t they look amazing? Some are for school and some for the Angel Court garden and our hens have a lovely new sign for their coop too. Our final session with potter Lindsey Grieves, took place at Angel Court this week. The residents and children worked t
Year 6 have worked so hard on their debris shelters and were really excited this week to build fires near them. They made sunken fires following a “no trace” fire making format. Some used the fire bowl to protect the tree roots where they had dug down. Others decided to have a go at a no trace fir
