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Photo Map trail              April 2024

In our LOTC lesson today, Miss Parmley explained to us that we were going to going on a photo map trail. She had taken different pictures of objects in the outside environment. We had to work with a partner to find the objects and write down where we had…

26.02.24

After introducing our new Maths topic ‘Position’, Nursery completed an obstacle course following positional language. We stepped inside the hoops and put it over the top of our heads, jumped on top of the mats, ran in between the cones and ran around the tree 5 times!

“I went…

01.03.24

Reception has been learning about measuring in Maths. We spoke about the fact that we can measure the length of different objects using non-standard measures such as our feet or hands! In pairs, we then went outside and used our feet to measure lots of different objects and recorded it…

Spring Walk 

During our learning outside the classroom lesson this week, we explored the field hunting for some daffodil flowers. Once, we found the flowers we sat down on a patch of grass nearby and sketched them out, looking closely at their features. Some of us even labelled our pictures and discussed what…

In LOTC this week, the children took our science learning outdoors. They were introduced to our new class skeleton, and began to learn and discover all the bones that make up our bodies. Once we had learnt about our skeletons inside we went outdoors and played a game to see if we could place the…

In LOTC, we were taking our science learning outside. We learnt about the human digestive system and the different functions that different parts have. Rather than doing some written work, we decided to take our lesson outside and create a human digestive system using drama and action. We…

In February during LOTC  Year 5 measure the playground and made a scaled drawing. The children enjoyed using natural objects outside  to make a picture frame.

LOTC –9.1.24

English

Use prior knowledge of different genres to create a mixed genre story.

In LOTC, we took our RSE lesson outside. We were looking at okay, risky, unhealthy and unacceptable behaviours. We played a game of four corners to decide about different scenarios. We then acted out different scenarios to work out different resolves. We have also practised making nets of 3D…

In our outdoor learning Year 1 have enjoyed exploring the seasons, collecting sticks and creating a beautiful whole class fish.  This is linked to our geography and art work which focuses on our favourite animals and where they live.

Reception discussed a range of light sources such as the sun, the moon, torches, candles, lightning and fire. We then created a den in forest school and talked about how the dark made us feel. In small groups, we explored using the torches inside the den to create some light! We also spoke about…