Outdoor Learning

Year 2 enjoyed the windy weather making wind streamers that they could take home.

Forest School was combined with World Book Day and PSHE week for Year 3. After reading The Day the Crayons Quit in the morning, we then spent the afternoon investigating colour. The children went outside to collect natural and man-made materials. Back in class they then worked in groups to sort the

Year 2 had a very exciting afternoon, first they took part in a cooking demonstration delivered by Nick the chef, from Cooking for Life. Nick helped them to understand how to make exciting and nutritious food. Then they came outside to our Forest School where the fruit kebabs, that they had prepared

The year 2 boys showing off our quality compost. The Composters may not be pretty, but designed and built by some of our Year 6’s, they are proving to be very successful. Lined with black plastic to help generate heat, the compost is rotated to ensure waste is fully decomposed. Composter 2 is now

Year 3 created a ‘Winter Wonderland’ in their Christmas tree challenge. Meanwhile a rock band took over the stage on the drums and some of the boys sorted our new den building material.

Learning how to behave safely around the fire pit is really important for our young children, getting them ready for their Forest School sessions. We practiced how to enter and exit the fire area and had a chat about what kind of things they might like to cook. Then it was down to meet the hens, the

Children in Year 3 have been learning all about the Stone Age in class, but it’s always good to have a little taste of the real thing in our Forest School. To mark the end of this topic, we made a campfire, using wood that the children had collected and dried over the last few weeks. Around the fire

Year 2 have been learning about the properties of 2D shapes and lines of symmetry. In their Forest School session we began with an ice-breaker, the children put themselves in pairs, spiders behind one line and ladybirds facing them behind another. The ladybirds began moving slowly and the spiders ha

Over the next three weeks the children will be scavenging for resources, then creating role play stories. In this first session the only rule is that they must include one Christmas Tree, but that it cannot be used as a Christmas Tree. They could choose their own theme, characters and story line. Im

Another great afternoon at Angel Court, a fantastic turn out again and lovely to see more gentleman joining in the activities. This week we have completed the two sets of the stone boxes, one set for the residents and one for school. The wooden toys were finished off and we started work on our new w