From 4th-8th July 2016, we had an Outdoor Learning Week. It was an exciting way to enrich our creative curriculum and enable us all to transfer our skills to new aspects of learning. There were many activities and events that everyone…
Category: What’s Happening in School?
Outdoor Learning Week, Summer 2016, What's Happening in School?
Tree House
Mr Danby, a parent & Governor at our school, chose several amazing designs we had created and put them together to build our Tree House in the forest area. Year 6 made sure we had a strong base. They dug the…
Outdoor Learning Week, Performing Arts, Summer 2016, What's Happening in School?
African Drumming
Years 2 to 6 took part in an African Drumming session with John & Casper Haslam. We managed to quickly learn several rhythms and then put them all together in a class performance with added vocals. It was very loud! Scroll down the…
Outdoor Learning Week, Summer 2016, What's Happening in School?
Exotic Creatures
Mark, of Acomb Pets, came to visit us again this year. He brought some of his creatures from different countries with him. We were able to hold them and ask him lots of questions. There was an African Pygmy Hedgehog, two…
Outdoor Learning Week, Summer 2016, What's Happening in School?
Miniature Gardens
As part of our theme of ‘Different Worlds’, we made miniature gardens. There were some very imaginative ideas including Space, Beach and Fairy Gardens, as well as Vegetable, Wild and Exotic Gardens. What was you design?
Outdoor Learning Week, PE & Sport, Summer 2016, What's Happening in School?
Outdoor Exercise
Miss Emma Havercroft, who runs the Tu-Tu Funky dances classes, lead an outdoor Keep Fit Dance session for us all. The Early Years children were very quick at picking up the routine! Can you count the members of staff taking…
Outdoor Learning Week, Summer 2016, What's Happening in School?
Doors to Different Worlds
We all made miniature doors. We imagined them opening into different worlds. It may be a Fairy World, Space, a Land of Strange Creatures or a Jungle. We would have to shrink first, to go through them! Have you seen…
EY, Outdoor Learning Week, Summer 2016, What's Happening in School?
Outdoors with Early Years
The Early Years children enjoyed everything outdoors. They used their maths skills on a scavenger hunt . . . wrote stories about where they might go if they went through the fairy doors we made . .…
Outdoor Learning Week, What's Happening in School?, Year 1
Outdoors with Year 1
Year 1 enjoyed maths outside. They had to hunt for digit cards, make 2 digit numbers and order them. Then they had to choose a card and write the number one more and one less.…
Outdoor Learning Week, Summer 2016, What's Happening in School?, Year 3
Outdoors with Year 3
Year 3 looked for different types of minibeasts in the school grounds. They used tally marks to record how many of each type were found. Later in the week they created a bar chart and chose an appropriate scale. We made rafts from…