Our gardening club have been working to sort out our school ponds. We want to rejuvenate our existing ones which are really focused on being wildlife friendly and create a new one that has better access for dipping. They decided to use one of our big raised beds to set it up. This has many positives
Searching for mini-beasts, tree-climbing, building, investigating, composting, mulching, digging and some really epic moving and handling, our Forest School offers a wealth of nature led experiences for all the children. An opportunity to open their minds and experiment, to push themselves to dig de
Nursery are taking part in a family learning opportunity linked with Gateshead Family Hub. The course is Early Words Together and is delivered by or link practitioner, Jodie. Some. Children, and their families, are taking part in Early Words Together. This is a course linked with supporting children
This week Rosie, a textile artist from The Equal Arts Council, came to Angel Court to work with the children and residents. Over the last half term we have been taking part in a Music and Movement project as part of our Sports England fund. The plan this week was to design some bags for the equipmen
The children have fully embraced this terms Forest School theme All About the Team. With new teachers and new classes and some being mixed, it’s so important to support the children through this time. We want to help them to build strong relationships, open up to new experiences and treat others wit
Last night the children in Key Stage 1 and 2 enjoyed our Halloween disco. The hall was decorated with spooky items such as spiders, pumpkins, ghosts, witches hats and ghouls The costumes were fantastic and in some cases, it was difficult to see who was behind their mask. Everyone enjoyed playi
The Gardening Club have been busy in our pond area, laying new stones in for the path, cutting back some of the trees and beginning the task of revitalising the ponds. When Miss Rowe and Bob first put our ponds in, around 10 years ago we had an abundance of frogs and toads in all three ponds. We wou
This week in their Forest School sessions the children have really run with the idea of Fairy Tales after making bridges for Billy Goats last week. In music they have been learning a blues version of the story of The Three Little Pigs, so it was lovely to hear them singing whilst they worked. They b
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
