This week, we’ve had a fantastic time exploring all things Halloween! The children have really embraced the spooky theme with lots of curiosity and creativity. We began by reading ‘Funnybones’ and learning about the main bones in our bodies, including the skull, spine, ribs, and pelvis. The ch
The children have fully embraced this terms Forest School theme All About the Team. With new teachers and new classes and some being mixed, it’s so important to support the children through this time. We want to help them to build strong relationships, open up to new experiences and treat others wit
The Gardening Club have been busy in our pond area, laying new stones in for the path, cutting back some of the trees and beginning the task of revitalising the ponds. When Miss Rowe and Bob first put our ponds in, around 10 years ago we had an abundance of frogs and toads in all three ponds. We wou
We have had a great week learning all about Harvest and enjoying the story Oliver’s Vegetables. We went on autumn walks, collecting leaves and natural materials to make lovely autumn pictures. At snack time, we tasted a variety of fruits and vegetables, and even used some to create paintings. We v
This week in their Forest School sessions the children have really run with the idea of Fairy Tales after making bridges for Billy Goats last week. In music they have been learning a blues version of the story of The Three Little Pigs, so it was lovely to hear them singing whilst they worked. They b
This week we have had fun reading ‘Whiffy Wilson, The Wolf Who Wouldn’t Wash’ and we enjoyed exploring different items we use to keep clean. We also talked about going to the dentist and how to keep our teeth clean. We had a fantastic time using toothbrushes and toothpaste to brush the plastic tee
This week has seen the start of our art block of work. It all started with learning about primary colours. We learnt that the primary colours are red, yellow and blue. Every child coloured a red, yellow and blue primary colour wheel. The colouring was so neat! Next the children investigate
Over the past two weeks, Year 6 have been learning techniques to improve their sketching. The children started off by looking at the different gradings of pencils and how they can produce different tones and shades. they then used pencils to practise shading techniques including hatching, stippling
Over the last few weeks children have been focusing on teamwork in their Forest School sessions. As their confidence and collaborative approach has developed so they are now ready to be given more freedom. They now can choose who they work with and the theme becomes more open ended rather than a set
This term in Art, Year Two have been studying the artist Henri Matisse. They have been using collage to recreate one of his famous pieces, as well as creating their own artwork. First, the children learnt about primary and secondary colours. The children found out that you can make secondary colours
