We’ve all enjoyed getting back to school and doing some outdoor learning in the lovely autumn weather. All classes, from nursery to year 6, have had lots of fun exploring, building dens, hunting for invertebrates, cooking in the bark kitchen, working together to build a dome, sketching and much more. We have all shown our…
Nursery went to the woods and used double-sided tape to make journey sticks – a record of their journey through the beautiful summer woods.
Nursery took advantage of the clear, cold and calm weather to toast some marshmallows on the fire. The children learned responsibility around the fire; this is one of our Green Behaviours. Mr Ball made sure that they were safe and we all enjoyed the delicious marshmallows.
Because it was Shrove Tuesday this week, Mr. Correy’s class made pancakes at outdoor learning – well, drop scones, but they’re very similar! They talked about why we have the tradition of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, what Lent means to Christians and why Easter changes date each year. The drop scones were delicious once…
Nursery enjoyed their first trip to Outdoor Learning in 2023 – for some of the children, it was their first time ever! They had fun, especially in the bark kitchen and with the wheelbarrows. They learned to be independent, resilient, and responsible – 3 of our school’s Green Behaviours.
Year 1 had a beautiful, misty autumn morning for Outdoor Learning. We collected leaves and acorns for a science research project. The damp air left droplets on all of the spiders’ webs – they looked beautiful!
Year 5 showed resilience when learning to tie figure-of eight knots and clove hitches in Outdoor Learning.
Year 4 had the perfect morning for flying the solar airship. It needs to be sunny and still – it doesn’t matter if it’s chilly. The black material of the airship is very thin. It needs to be filled with air (by running it up and down the field with one end open) first. Then,…
Mr. Correy’s class have been learning about materials in science. We talked about reversible and irreversible reactions. We discussed that making mixtures and solutions are both reversible; we can use filters for mixtures and evaporation to separate solutions. We talked about making a cake and tried a campfire recipe that Mr. Ball had found. It…
We had a beautiful day for Mrs. Dudley’s class’s outdoor learning session this week. We talked about the speed of light and the speed of sound – it’s amazing how much faster light is! Light travels at 670,616,629mph while sound is a snail-like 761mph. We saw this difference in action by sending some children onto…