Over the last few weeks we have been using classification keys in science to sort animals and now plants and leaves. We have used different questions to identify animals according to their features and characteristics so this week we moved onto leaves and plants. After gathering leaves from bushes
Though we try and get out into our Forest School no matter what the weather brings, even the most adventurous have to respect mother nature and keep themselves safe. So for the first part of this weeks session the children stayed out of the high winds and created some placement art in the classroom.
Wild winds this afternoon but we are lucky to still have some sheltered woodland to explore. Some children tried a quick build challenge to make a house for a mouse. You can see that their builds are starting to take shape. The children are now beginning to plan ahead and select materials with more
This week in Reception, it has been all things Winter! The children have been reading the story ‘Lost and Found’ as part of our Literacy and Topic learning. This story tells of a boy who finds a penguin at his front door and he takes the penguin on a journey back to the South Pole as he thinks h
Year 3 took to the woods to get creative, on a glorious day with no wind. There was small construction going on in the willow room. Playing in and building dens and some nest building too. While all that busy stuff was going on some other children started to create a placement art gallery on the hil
Children in Year 4 spent a challenging morning in our Forest School trying all sorts of different activities. As we’ve all been taking part in the RSPB Big School Birdwatch Miss Rowe thought the children may like to try their hand at nest building, bird style. That means one-handed! The children cou
Reception children continued to use their map reading skills today to plot out sounds that they heard on the listening walk. They are becoming much more familiar with the layout of the grounds and the landmarks that help them orientate themselves. Principle 1: Forest School is a long-term process of
Linking to the RSPB Big School Birdwatch this week the children went searching for bird food. Winter brings its own challenges and though the weather has been mild this year, still the variety of bugs about is much less than in the summer months. Collecting mini beasts was a challenge as many burrow
In Science this week, year 5 began a new topic on the life cycles of animals and plants. This topic builds on lots of previous learning about the characteristics of different living things, how they are classified, their habitats and needs for survival. The children grouped animals by their similar
Linking to the RSPB Big School Birdwatch, The Great Woolly Worm Hunt is an exciting way to learn about birds and keep warm in the winter weather. This activity has been run across school with variations for age and ability. The children were read a traditional tale, The Magpie and the Birds Nests, t
