Forest School Year 5 Term 6
Year 5 were the first Year group to try out the Kelly Kettle. They collected small wooden sticks, lit the fire and learned how to safely feed the fire when the Kelly Kettle is on. We boiled water, used fire strikers and enjoyed a hot chocolate. Some children were fascinated with where the…
Forest School Year 4 Term 6 2023
This summer term Year 4 created habitats for animals that live in our area . Some sowed wildflowers (which are now flowering) for bees and insects, some made a trap door out of wood using hammer and nails for insects to live underneath, some made bird nests and others created wood piles and…
Forest School Year 1 Term 6
Summer term brings summer fun.
The colour monster visited us - we read the book and talked about emotions and what keeps us calm, with a focus on the natural world outside. The children drew something that made them feel calm in the Forest School area. The children enjoyed the swing made…
Forest School Year R Term 6 2023
Summer term brings summer fun.
The colour monster visited us - we read the book and talked about emotions and what keeps us calm, with a focus on the natural world outside. The children drew something that made them feel calm in the Forest School area. They enjoyed the swing made by the…
Year 3 Vaisakhi
To end our learning on the Sikhi faith, we celebrate the festival of Vaisakhi today. This festival began in 1699 and marks the creation of the first Khalsa Sikh community. We decorated our classroom with bunting, as would be done at a Gurdwara. We then learnt some Bhangra dancing along with…
Year 3 art and music!
This week, Year 3 pupils have been responding to and interpreting different types of music through their artwork. After a class discussion about colour and how they evoke certain emotions, we briefly looked at the work of Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky who himself worked to music creating…
Georgia's Success At Crufts
Georgia (Y6) had incredible success this year at Crufts, competing with her dog, Tilly, in the Agility section. Our Sports Crew interviewed her to find out all about it:
Q: How did you feel going into the Crufts Arena?
A: I got very nervous at first, but then I got excited.
Q: Was it…
Observational drawing of insects - Year one
Linked with their science topic taught early in the academic year, Year One has been observing and drawing insects (in resin) this week. Before putting pencils to paper, we recapped on their science vocabulary - insect anatomy.
The children started by studying and observing the insects…
Arts Council meeting - Term 6
It was our last Arts Council meeting of the year this week. We had lots to discuss through our favourite method of communicating – doodling and chatting.
We reviewed our Art and DT from this academic year before moving on to future projects. Watch this space for some exciting art and…
Year 3 Sound Walk
As part of our English topic on the 'Sound Collector' poem by Roger McGough, we conducted a Sound Walk around the school to invisage lfe in silence. We then had to work out how we could create rhyming pairs before constructing our own version of the poem, 'The Sound Collector Comes To Bridge'. As…
Year 3 Air Resistance
As part of our learning on Forces, this week we conducted an investigation into air resistance. We predicted what the impact of running with a plastic bag above our head would be. First, we ran 25m as fast as we could without the bag to set a benchmark time. We than ran again, this time with the…
UCA Art Workshop - sculpture
This week, a group of fifteen Year 3 pupils took part in an Art workshop led by Louise Mayell, an art practitioner from The University For The Creative Arts (UCA); the event was kindly hosted by Pilgrims’ Way School.
Within the workshop, the children took inspiration from the colourful…
