Miscellaneous

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

Last week our two year 5 and 6 rugby teams took part in the Tag rugby Competition which was held at Gateshead Fell Rugby Club. Our teams have been practicing  for weeks leading up to the event before and after school. Both teams played really well and showed fantastic sportsmanship throughout. one

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

This week we have been down to the woods to have a teddy bears picnic! We have been learning about different things they are special to us and spent Wednesday bringing in our special teddy bears and comforters. We talked to our friends about why they are special and how they make us feel. We then sp

What a hoot we had at Angel Court this week taking part in some music and movement with Jo. The residents are having a ball. This week we got more adventurous using our legs and feet and even passing hoops from person to person. There was a whole lot of laughter and chat of course and the residents

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

When it’s early in the term and the children are young we introduce boundary games to help them orientate themselves around the Forest School site. As the years progress these games can be adapted to age and subject to help with activities like tree and bird identification. The Year 6 Outdoor Worker

In Geography this term, Year Two have been learning about maps, map symbols and compass points. First, the children looked at some map symbols. They identified that a symbol is a simple picture that usually looks like the feature it is used to represent. They then worked groups to match some example