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This term we got a new log splitter to create better fire wood. You can see elara using it in the profile picture of this blog. It's great fun (although we might have to feed the children a little more food so they have more weight to push the lever down with their foot haha) . We played games and…

A big thank you to Creative Folkestone for running an Art workshop for Birch class this week. The children worked with two local artists, Emily and Naomi, who delivered the workshop: Portraiture.

The children began the morning by looking at and discussing images of a range of self-portraits by…

Last Friday, Year 4 Bridge children and their parents took part in The Christmas Light Parade through Canterbury. The parade started near the Westgate Gardens and made its way (past the many onlookers) through Canterbury city centre. We finished in the Cathedral Precincts where we were greeted by…

Welcome to a brilliant bunch of talented artists at our new art club after school today. Inspired by the artist, author and illustrator  Eric Carle, today we used Autumn leaves to make mixed media, collage insects and mini beasts. Such a lovely group of children to spend an hour with. Well done…

A big thank you to Creative Folkestone for running another Art workshop for a group of our Year 4 pupils last week. The children worked with two local artists, Tania and Emily, who delivered the workshop: Think Design Print.

The children began the morning by looking at images of everyday…

A fun packed Term at Forest School for Year 4. We learned some woodland bird names and looked at signs of spring, learning about buds. Year 4 helped to bring up the woodchip from the bottom of the field with wheelbarrows and distributed it around the new trees to help them grow (and making our…

A big thank you to Creative Folkestone for running an Art workshop for a group of our Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils this week. The children worked with two local artists, Tania and Molly, who delivered the workshop: Exploring, mapping, connecting.

The children began the morning by looking at…

Ancient Roman bread.

This week, Birch class made their flavoured Roman bread. We began by giving the children their instructions using bossy verbs; we discussed the importance of hygiene and cleaning surfaces before beginning to prepare food. The children added their chosen flavours to the…

Aiming for the complete immersion into the domestic life of an Ancient Roman, Year 4 have been exploring food and cooking of the period. The children started last week by making their own clay cooking/serving pots using the coil method (also used by the Ancient Romans).

This week they…

The weather was kind to us this week which enabled us to experience the woodlands. 

We listened to the sounds around us, played a game and challenged ourselves to build a tall and strong stick tower (learning that the process is more important than the product). 

I told a story about where…

In Forest School this term Year 4 have been exploring: 

- how to make a reef knot 

- creating spider webs (some in team work), making broomsticks and wands, 

- splashing in the mud 

- how to keep the ground less soggy by spreading bark chip

-cutting willow branches, making new holes…

To complete our unit on Forces, this week the children were tasked with protecting an egg from cracking when dropped from height. The children considered how they could maximise air resistance to slow the fall, also thinking about how gravity was affecting the egg. There were an array of designs…