This week, the children have been learning how to find number bonds to 10. They all used double sided counters to help them work systematically. The children started with 10 red counters on a tens frame and wrote the first calculation: 0 + 10 = 10. After each calculation, they turned over one counte
This week has seen the start of our art block of work. It all started with learning about primary colours. We learnt that the primary colours are red, yellow and blue. Every child coloured a red, yellow and blue primary colour wheel. The colouring was so neat! Next the children investigate
This week, the children enjoyed a wonderful assembly led by Reverend Elaine all about Harvest. The theme focused on being grateful and thankful — not only for the food we eat, but also for all the people who help bring it to our tables. Reverend Elaine shared the fascinating journey of a potato to
Over the last few weeks children have been focusing on teamwork in their Forest School sessions. As their confidence and collaborative approach has developed so they are now ready to be given more freedom. They now can choose who they work with and the theme becomes more open ended rather than a set
In our PSHE lessons, the children having been learning all about friendship. We first has a discussion about what makes a good friend. We had answers such as, helping our friends if they are stuck or hurt, playing with our friends nicely and sharing toys with our friends. The children then thought a
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
Everyone in Year One enjoyed our history lessons in which they have been learning about Mary Anning, the first person in England to excavate dinosaur fossils. They firstly listened to the story ‘Dinosaur Lady’. They then became artists and drew a detailed portrait of Mary Anning. Some even incl
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
We continue to explore collaboration and teamwork in our Forest School sessions. This week the children thought about what friendship means to them. What do they look for in a friend and what do they give to their friends in return. Their challenge this week was to collaborate with their team to fi
This week Year One had their very first computing lesson. They were so excited to use the iPads independently. Firstly, they learnt about different tools such as the paintbrush and how they could use a thick or a thin brush. Also, the pupils had ago at changing the colour of the paint and were
