LOTC Welcome

Welcome to our Learning Outside the Classroom pages
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Please click on the classes to view an insight to our learning outside the classroom for 2024-25
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LOTC Policy

NURSERY
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October 2024
‍We have had a fun half term at Forest School. We have been onscavenger hunts, collected apples then made apple crumble, made autumn leafcrowns and have been on a muddy autumn walk. This week we had a campfire. Thechildren learnt how to stay safe when close to the fire. Then they helped tobuild the fire with tinder and kindling. Once it was started we took turns totoast a marshmallow and we sang campfire songs.

September 2024
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‍Nursery have had an exciting start to the year in our Forest School area. After becoming familiar with the Forest School/LOtC expectations and exploring the environment, we have acted out some of our favourite stories. We found Gruffalo footprints and went looking for him in the woods. We also went on a bear hunt and had to go through long, wavy grass, through the deep, cold river (puddle) and in the thick, oozy mud. We also found a selection of beautiful leaves and did some leaf painting with them.

We have now moved onto our topic on autumn starting with an autumn walk and finding lots of autumn treasures.

RECEPTION
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October 2024
‍In October, Reception children enjoyed their outdoor PE lessons and observing changes in nature as the autumn approaches. We went on a sensory walk and created leaf artwork. We felt lucky to benefit from lovely weather every Friday in October!

September 2024
‍Reception class have been exploring the outdoor area while getting used to the rules for LOtC. We have been making use of sunny days to take our Art, Geography and science lessons outside using our senses, spotting the signs of approaching autumn and capturing our experiences in our artwork..

YEAR 1
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September 2024
‍In Year 1 our outdoor learning has focused on our geography topic – ‘ what is it like here?’ We have been following and creating maps. We have been looking at aerial views of the school and the grounds, finding features and drawing our own maps both by ourselves and within groups.

YEAR 2

October 2024
In October the weather was really nice so we had lots ofgreat Learning Outside the Classroom lessons in Year 2. We started off withsome number comparison using natural materials, we did some bark and leafrubbings and finished off with our favourite Autumn Scavenger Hunt and AutumnLeaves Hunt.

September 2024
‍In our Learning Outside the classroom in Year 2 we have been very busy this September. The weather was beautiful so we had an opportunity to look for and observe little creatures living in our Forest School area. We were carefully exploring different habitats like a huge bug hotel, woodland, our lovely pond and even the raised beds which we grow some vegetables in! We could spot plenty of different kinds of spiders, some lovely snails, butterflies and a few birds who were singing beautifully hidden in the trees. We also explored the area in search of objects we could later use in our Science lessons as we are learning about Habitats this half term. We found things which were alive, things that used to be alive and things that have never been alive. We collected various items like twigs, rocks, feathers and even mushrooms and some plastic rubbish. During our latest session, using the power of good teamwork we made some autumn tree art using only natural seasonal objects. We had so much fun!

YEAR 3
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September 2024
‍We have been very busy in Year 3 in LOTC this month. The children have taken their RE learning outdoors whilst the weather has been nice. They were exploring a painting of The Holy Family – ‘The Millais Carpenter’, where they needed to recreate the scene and explore what each person within the family might be thinking and saying to one another. The children then performed a freeze frame to the rest of the group. It was a great way to talk about families, and why they are so special. We have also had a visit from an Egyptian Workshop this month for our History topic. The children spent the day around the school grounds ‘hunting’, making things, having a feast. It was a fantastic day spent outside the classroom learning in a hands on way.

YEAR 4
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YEAR 5
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October 2024
Year 5 have enjoyed doing some close observational drawing and sketching in the outside area. We focused on scale and shading. We also used our senses to write descriptive sentences about the school grounds.

September 2024
‍Year 5 enjoyed following instructions to make paper aeroplanes. They had to work together with a partner to read and follow the instructions and then we tested out how far their aeroplanes could fly! We took some maths learning outside and children had to create calculations using natural objects. For example a leaf equals 7 and a stone 10. Children enjoyed experimenting with different strategies for making target numbers.