Year 2 toasting marshmallows
Year 2 showed responsibility and resilience when toasting marshmallows over a hot fire. They tasted good!
Year 3 in the woods
Year 3 enjoyed exploring the woods on a cold winter’s day. We found some signs that spring is coming though – bluebell shoots, daffodil shoots and hazel catkins.
Miss Powley’s class making magic wands
Miss Powley’s class had a lot of fun using peelers to make magic wands from willow twigs. We had all sorts of lengths, thicknesses and styles. One even had a unicorn hair and moon tear essence in it!
Year 6 Outdoor Learning
Year 6 made the most of a bit of sunshine in outdoor learning this week. They stripped willow for wreath making, made dens, practised knots and pretended to abseil, made a shop, moved leaf mulch to our new mulching cage and lots more. We also made some links with the science that the class are…
Year 4 having New Year fun!
Year 4 made the most of a wet January afternoon during their first outdoor learning session of 2020. They made dens, pretended to abseil, stripped willow from branches using secateurs (we will use the willow for wreaths or for cuttings) and set up the ‘Milk and Cookies’ restaurant. They showed independence, resilience, responsibility, curiosity, honesty…
Mr Baxter’s Quest Day – Fantastica!
For this term’s Quest Day, Mr Baxter’s class made famous Italian landmarks out of cardboard boxes, researched about lots of different things in Italy, created Mona Lisa paintings and cooked healthy pizzas.
Miss Sowden’s Quest Day…Fantastica!
On Tuesday last week, Miss Sowden’s class had their Quest Day for this half term. The children wanted to make pizzas, learn some Italian, do some art, make an Italian landmark and continue some research all about Italy. We began by making our pizzas and taking them down to outdoor learning to cook and eat….
Re-creating the Great Fire of London
As part of Quest Day, Mrs Sandercock’s class designed and created their own Tudor houses. The children explored the features of the houses and re-created them using paper and cereal boxes. The children posed the question: why did the fire spread so quickly? We took our houses down to the outdoor learning area and with…
Hot Chocolate on a Cold Day!
During outdoor learning, Miss Sowden’s class enjoyed hot chocolate and marshmallows on a sunny but cold December morning. How lovely!
Year 5 Flying the Airship
Mr. Correy’s class had fun flying the solar airship on a cold but sunny day. We talked about why it flies: the material is black, so it heats up very quickly. This heats up the air inside and the hot air rises, making the airship rise with it. Also, the material is very thin –…