Our Nursery children have been reading Stick Man this week, to help them to learn about families. After reading the story they went outside into our Forest School with Miss Rowe and collected some good sticks. These were brought back to nursery to make into stick people which they could take home. A
Stick Safety is a vital part of the children’s Forest School journey. In the willow house we encouraged the children to work out the best way to maneuver the materials. They then practiced in a circle watching each others techniques and making any changes. Once that was completed the children were s
Year 2 continue their investigations of our Forest School. It is important that they can move with confidence from area to area, finding smells and textures, bugs and plants, they begin to create a bank of information. This will help the children when we begin more specific activities, enabling th
The children have been so excited to start learning about our Forest School and certainly weren’t put off by the wet Autumn weather. Each week we will get to know the different areas around our site. This week, into the woodlands, with a detour for jumping in muddy puddles. Learning about how we man
For your last week of home learning we are going to reflect on how much we have grown up and learnt. We would like you to share the story, ‘Once There Were Giants’ by Martin Waddell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM20Kb7hfk0 Writing Ideas: Think of all the things that you have achieved and
Yesterday, the Queen celebrated her official Birthday, she is 94! This week we would like to share the story of ‘The Queen’s Knickers by Nicholas Allan. https://youtu.be/DlKtVg0GXAc Writing Ideas: In the story, the Queen wears different knickers for every occasion! Can you design a pair of knick
English In English, we will spend two days reading and comprehending the text; one day on the grammar focus and two days planning, writing and editing a text. Comprehension Text – Greek Myth / Story Story of Icarus Story of Icarus Questions (3) Story of Icarus Answers Grammar focus – Speech Marks In
This week we would like you to share the story ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ by Vivian French on the link below. Then you might like to try some of these activities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yvllKqyVUc Writing Ideas: In the story, Oliver visits his Grandpa and his vegetable patch in the garde
There was a lot of craft work at the end of our second month open in this very different manner. During the week, younger children painted tiles with rainbows and NHS logos, which will be made into a group piece of art. Towards the end of the week, older children had a chance to do some clay m
The children in EYFS have had another busy week home learning and enjoying the beautiful weather. A few children have been invited to virtual birthday parties on zoom that sound like they have been very successful and not nearly as messy for the party hosts! We have also heard that lots of childre
