Miss Langdown’s class had a lovely time in the woods. The sun was shining, the spring flowers are out and the leaves are in bud. We have been talking about different materials in our outdoor science and we have decided that wood is the best material for bug hotels. It’s natural, it rots into the…
Year 2 enjoyed being dinosaurs and dinosaur explorers for the day. The children posed the question: ‘Where do dinosaurs come from?’ We used a variety of different sources such as the internet and books to find out the answer. This is what we found out. We also made our own fossils, moving dinosaurs…
Miss Discombe’s class showed responsibility and resilience when toasting marshmallows. They were lovely on a cold February morning. The fire kept some hands warm too.
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…
Year 1/2 (Miss Discombe’s class) showed great responsibility when toasting marshmallows in outdoor learning. They were lovely on a chilly afternoon!
During our after school art and music club this term, we have explored classical and traditional African music, but this week it was time for… 1980’s pop! We watched a short clip of Duran Duran performing on Top of the Pops and Mrs Fleming talked to the children about the 1980’s. We looked at classic…
Miss Discombe’s class have been experimenting to see what cress needs to grow. We planted some seeds with soil, sun and water. We thought these would grow – they were our ‘control’. We were right, they did. We also planted some without one ‘variable’ – without sun, or without water, or without soil. The ones…