Science

This week in Reception, we have been busy learning all about the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Our focus has been on understanding how we use our senses every day to explore the world around us. We began our learning journey by reading My Five Senses by Margaret Miller, a lov

The Outdoor Workers have been working hard in gardening club. Over the last few weeks they have cleaned and refilled the hen feeders, drinkers and cleaned out the henhouse. They’ve laid new paving stones between the raised beds with Bob and started clearing the beds ready for re-planting. They are m

As part of our All About the Team theme, across the Forest School term, the children were challenged to collaborate in their groups to create nonsense poems. The older children tried their hand at limericks or poems with rhyming couplets and the younger children were given a simpler poem to fill in

In our Forest School sessions we are still keeping focus on team work and a collaborative approach.  In Year’s 4 and 5 they were asked: How do I work successfully as part of a team to construct a bridge for a child? The Rules: you can use sticks, branches and logs, but no machined wood the child

In our Forest School sessions we are still keeping focus on team work and a collaborative approach.  In Year’s 2 and 3 they were asked: How do I work successfully as part of a team to construct a bridge for a bottle? The Rules: you can use sticks, branches, logs, machined or natural wood the bottle

A Wonderful Week in Reception! We’ve had a fantastic week in Reception, celebrating our families and learning how every family is special in its own way. The children loved sharing stories about their families and exploring what makes each one different. We then made beautiful photo frames using a v

Over the last few weeks in Science, we have been learning about light. During the topic, we have looked at what light is, how it travels and what different sources of light there are, including natural and artificial.  We also looked at what darkness is too. In our experiment, we tested what ma

Over the last two weeks, we have been learning about forces in Science. We identified key forces that we encounter during our every day life, such as: friction, air resistance, water resistance, applied force and gravity. After looking at examples of each force, this week we completed an investigati

This week, we read Hello Hello by Brendon Wenzel and talked about how we are all unique. We then painted self-portraits and created faces using materials we found outside. We also had a great time learning new sounds and practiced writing them in shaving foam. It’s been a week full of fun and crea

This afternoon, Year One were so lucky to have visitors from Animal Encounters. Firstly, they introduced the topic of dinosaurs and explained how they lived thousands of years ago but now they are extinct. The children listened carefully to the possible explanation, including a meteor or a volcanic