This week we have been learning about birds of prey, their characteristics compared to our familiar garden birds and how and what they hunt. With this in mind once out in the Forest school the children tried their hand at making prey homes that were camouflaged from the sky so no hovering kestrels c
STEM week this week so we gave the children a Forest School style STEM activity. CHALLENGER BRIEF: Your team must design and build a product to move an egg from point A to point B without it breaking. Teams will be provided with a selection of scrap and resources to build their product. You have
As part of our All About the Birds topic, the children have been looking at the structures of different nests. They’ve watched videos of the nest building in action and looked at some real birds nests in class. They then took this information and applied it to their own nest building. Before the chi
This week Nursery started our new topic for the Spring term, Rhyme Time. We will be covering lots of mini topics which have a link to nursery rhymes. This week we learned all about birds and have started to take part in the RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch. We started the week talking about different bird
Working as a team so that you are successful can often be a challenge, lots of ideas and personalities to accommodate. Different learning and communication styles, it can be a real struggle and takes practice. A small team may be easier to manage but may lack variety of ideas, a large team can bring
In our Forest School sessions we are still keeping focus on team work and a collaborative approach. In Year 4 they were asked: How do I work successfully as part of a team to construct a bridge for a child? The Rules: you can use sticks, branches and logs, but no machined wood the child must be a
Stick Safety Training is a fundamental part of our Forest School journey that all our children take part in. We use sticks, branches and logs almost every day so it’s important that the children have time to work out how to do this safely. This then allows the children to have a fuller, more indepen
Why we do what we do: Hide and Seek. Can you explain the potential risks with playing Hide and Seek? This is what we ask the children in class. After some discussion we show them photos and then they discuss how the potential risks may differ depending on location. Hide and seek is a game we’ve prob
Playing a favourite boundary game is a whole different experience in the snow. Reception kept warm by finding the different landmarks around the site. This week as an additional challenge they were given more than one instruction, for example You’re only safe if you go the the Big Cherry Tree then t
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 origin
