This week at nursery, the children have been excited to talk about their experiences of bonfire night. We talked about fireworks and created our own firework pictures using marbles dipped in paint to roll across our pictures. We made a pretend bonfire outside and ate marshmallows that we pretend
Our Year 6 children are now very experienced in the practical skills of Forest School, they have worked hard to develop positive communication strategies and have a confidence and sense of ownership when working outside. From September they have been running their own Forest School sessions. They sp
Our Forest School came alive with the sound of music this week. Inspired by the children, who can often be found banging out rhythms on the odd tree stump. The children were given free reign with the resources to create their own instruments, with some fantastic results. The poly tunnel was raided f
In Forest School we will be introducing some knot work as part of our focus on construction. Last term the children learned about pivot points, how to create rotation points and in class investigated triangulation used in bridge building. We will now extend this topic so the children can build a v
Year 6 were lucky enough to be invited to Joseph Swan to carry out some Forensic science work. They didn’t feel quite so lucky when they were told they would be carrying out tests on the teachers’ ‘urine’ to see who had stolen all of the biscuits. despite this, the children enjoyed using chemicals t
Some Year 5 and 6 children are continuing to learn to play the violin. They meet weekly on a Thursday lunchtime. Great work everyone!
Some children in Year 4 have enjoyed attending violin club this term on a Thursday lunchtime.
Continuing our investigations around the shaduf mechanism, the children were taught how to create a tripod lashing. This follows their reflection on the previous session where the main problem was creating a secure and stable base for the shaduf. We discussed why the tripod is such a useful structur
As Autumn is in full swing, the children enjoyed an afternoon in the September sun clearing our raised beds. They have started to turn over the compost, collect poppy and nasturtium seed pods for drying and began weeding some of our flower beds. Whilst this was going on the children made windy rib
In P.E. lessons, Year 6 have been learning the rules of tag rugby. They started off by spending a lot of time understanding the need to pass backwards and then started to be introduced to ‘tagging’ as a way of tackling. The children are now enjoying playing some small-sided games where they are usin
