This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create limericks or nonsense poetry about Owls, and then share them in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read the Owl and the Pussycat and some of Edward Lear’s owl based limericks and discussed the humour often found in this type o
As part of Design and Technology, we have started to make our hand puppets this week and this involved first learning about some of the different types of stitches we can use. After the first challenge of threading the needle, we began with running stitch. We will be having a go at back stitch a
This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create some nonsense poetry inspired by wildlife. They would then be asked to present their poems in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read some funny limericks and looked at where the rhyming words often sit in a verse. Using a poe
This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create nonsense poems and then share them in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read some well known hedgehog poems and discussed the humour often found in this type of verse. We looked at where the rhyming words often sit in a verse
Year 2 took part in a big Forest school, tidy up today, in readiness for the gardeners to come in and cut the grass over the holidays. This is such an important element to our Forest School ethos, enabling the children to take responsibility for their environment and to begin to understand how our u
This week, Reception have continued to explore new zones of our EYFS outdoor area. They have enjoyed exploring moving water with our new hill water feature and water chutes. They have also been busy planting Spring flowers and camping in our forest area and looking for fairies and pixies in our
This week we have been doing some Design and Technology and in particular focussing on weaving. Our project is to design and then make a table mat. First we investigated different table mats, what shape they are, what they are made from and what their purpose is. Next we all had a go at weavin
Year 3 spent an incredibly busy afternoon in our Forest School construction area. Working in teams of their own choice, the children were encouraged not to rush but rather to take some time to peruse the resources. This may give them some inspiration so they could make a plan and perhaps choose a th
This week it has been wonderful to welcome back all of the children in Reception. We have had great fun playing with friends again and familiarising ourselves with school after such a long time at home. While lots of us have been at home, some exciting changes have begun to happen in our early y
Year 6 spent a clear and sunny afternoon in our Forest School. It was lovely to see how quickly the children settled back into the environment and they created some interesting builds. They were delighted to be outside with their friends and produced some really interesting work.
