This term in PE, the children have enjoyed two different sports – Boccia and Golf. Boccia is an inclusive sport that involves children playing a kind of bowls, aiming balls at the jack that is rolled at the start. It is a sit down sport that ensures children of all abilities can access and enjoy.�
Throughout the half-term, Year 6 have been learning various gymnastics moves and this week they put them all together to create a routine set to the music from ‘Thriller.’ The children have been taught how to keep their body rigid and help in a balance for five seconds; how to perform various rolls;
All this term, children across school have been learning about British birds in their Forest School sessions, this is linked to the RSPB Big School Birdwatch. The children have become very good at recognising the different types, where they might expect to see them and how to tell some of the diff
The children and residents started putting last weeks garden plan into action today by potting up some seeds. First they went into the garden to collect some shale to put in the bottom of the pots for drainage. They then decorated their pots. We are testing out a new soil mix so it will be interest
We may have been experiencing torrential rain but this recent deluge doesn’t put the children off getting outside. They took the opportunity to practice making lashings, whilst giving the water-sodden Forest School some respite from the trample of feet. Lashings are used to join together poles or sp
The snow makes everything look beautiful, but for many of the older people in our community they can feel isolated and trapped inside. They were thrilled therefore to see the children who came and gritted their garden so residents can still get outside if they want to. The sun was shining as the c
Years 1 and 2 are growing in confidence with every Forest School session that they enjoy, being mentored by our Year 6 Outdoor Workers really extends their learning too. This week they have been getting used to handling the new hens. We have 8 new ones, 3 Silkies, that are a small breed, 3 large fow
