Leaf Art
On a very wet Friday afternoon, year 2 enjoyed making Andy Goldsworthy style leaf art in the dry, warm classroom. We got a bit wet collecting the leaves though!
While moving some firewood, Year 6 (Mrs. Dudley’s class) found this peacock butterfly. We thought it had just emerged from its cocoon but after looking it up in a wildlife guide, it is more likely that we disturbed it during hibernation. After staying still for about 5 minutes, It flapped its wings and shook itself…
Year 1 had lots of fun with our solar airship. It needs a still, sunny day to fly and Monday last week was perfect. The sun heats up the black skin (which is as thin as a human hair) and this heats up the air inside. The warm air makes the airship rise – it…
Miss Sowden’s class enjoyed hot chocolate around the fire on a chilly November morning.
Year 4 looked at states of matter in outdoor learning. We talked about the three states of matter – solid, liquid and gas – and discussed that we saw water in all three states. Last week, we had talked about the steam that came from the kettle. We then predicted whether a solid (chocolate) would…
Reception enjoyed exploring the woods and looking for autumn leaves in lots of colours. We arranged them by colour – how many colours can you see?
Year 3 (Mr Baxter’s Class) have been investigating what plants need to grow. We looked at the experiment that we set up last week. First, we checked our control pot – that one had everything: soil, water, sun, air and warmth. This was to check if the seeds would grow with all the conditions met….
Year 1/2 (Miss Discombe’s class) showed great responsibility when toasting marshmallows in outdoor learning. They were lovely on a chilly afternoon!
Year 6 have been enjoying some den building, gardening and tool work in outdoor learning this week. Hopefully, all the children who want to will make a reindeer to take home before Christmas.
Before the half-term break, Miss Powley’s class enjoyed toasting marshmallows over the first fire of the autumn. There will be plenty more fires and marshmallows to come in Outdoor Learning this half term!