Our Fun Day at the Post Office! This week has been so exciting in our reception class! We read The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, and it was so much fun to see all the different characters he delivered letters to. Inspired by the story, we decided to set up our very own role-play post o
On Thursday, Year 5 had the amazing opportunity to participate in a workshop centred around designing a temporary shelter for homeless people. To start the day, Year 5 met the team they would be working with throughout the day and heard an important story of someone who had been homeless to get a fe
Even the ipad struggled in the low temperatures and cold finger tips makes taking photos tricky, but here is a round up of this weeks adventures in our Forest School. Year 3 created Blobsters. In class they listened to a traditional tale of how Mother Nature created our planet, she pushed her hand
In their Forest School session this week our Nursery children created a Stick Forest on the hill at the front of school. The sparkler sticks were made with sparkly glue and bits of coloured paper and some children collected leaves that they had found to make Leaf Sticks. These were then hammered i
It was a beautiful crisp sunny day for Year 1’s Forest School session. First some games of Sticky Feet with our Year 6 outdoor workers, this game is fun but also encourages the children to think about characteristics of different creatures or plants. It also helps to establish boundaries and team
Our creative sessions continue at Angel Court with Rosie, a mixed media artists from the Equal Arts Council. Rosie works with Elizabeth the Storyteller and this week, linking to her story of the North Wind, we started to create some textile leaves, these will become part of our final piece of work.
In Reception Mrs Holt has been teaching the children about percussion. In class they tried to think about different ways of making a beat using items that are not instruments. We then headed into the Forest School to see is we could find musical objects in nature. They were really surprised at the v
What a fabulous time we had this week, learning about Bonfire Night! We loved sharing our experiences and talking about the bright fireworks that lit up the night sky. Everyone had a unique story to tell, and it was wonderful to see how much fun we all had! In art this week, we created dazzling fire
This week in PSHE, the boys and girls in Year 3 were thinking about what makes a good friend. They worked in teams to rank qualities and attributes according to their level of importance. The children could be heard discussing their reasons and sharing examples of when friends had shown these qualit
Miss Rutherfords class had their first Forest School session for this year. In class we had a class discussion about what our school rules, Ready, Respectful and Safe, looks like in the Forest School. The children were confident in their knowledge, Ready is not just getting our bodies ready for the
