Yesterday we went on an amazing trip to Brockhole. We got the boat from Bowness to Brockhole, where we did loads of outdoor activities. We made memory sticks using loom bands and natural objects, we made necklaces by threading leaves onto wool, added things to a den to make it more comfortable for the animals, had a picnic and had a play on the massive adventure playground! We even had time to go to the gift shop!
Over the past few weeks in Oak Class we have been looking at the book The Queen’s Hat. Lots of our learning has been about the Queen. We have done lots of writing, made a biography on the computer and designed a new hat for the Queen. Over the past two days we have made crowns and bunting and this morning we made scones drawing knowledge from our recent topic on weighing! This afternoon we had a royal tea party with scones (with jam and cream!), tea and juice. We all wore our crowns, waved our flags and even decorated the tables with cups of flowers. We felt very royal. Some of us even practised our Queen waves! We finished off the afternoon with a quick play on the climbing frame, a story under the tree and of course some dancing to… who else… Queen!
We were able to open the brand new Oak Class climbing frame today after our new soft flooring had been put down over the weekend. We had a great time and even the adults had a go!
Oak and Chestnut Class had a challenge today to make up their paint and then use it to uncover the secret number. They then had to put these in order. It was like magic!
Oak Class looked at the work of different artists, focusing mainly on Kandinsky. All of the artwork was based on circles. Oak Class had a go at recreating some of this artwork.
Oak & Chestnut Class have been learning about hedgehogs in Forest Schools and talking about how to look after them. Oak Class have also been looking at the book On Sudden Hill which is about a group of friends who love changing boxes into all sorts of different things. We thought we would give this a go and as well as looking at hedgehogs we also had a go at turning junk into models!
Oak Class have done an incredible job of creating some artwork inspired by Paul Klee. They really brighten up the corridor!
Today in our Forest Schools session Oak and Chestnut Class used string to find trees with a circumference that was smaller, bigger and the same size as their piece of string. They then had to find some natural objects of different sizes and order them. We had some fantastic teamwork going on!
Today in our Forest School session we made some symmetrical patterns using natural objects. We made some beautiful patterns. When we had finished using natural objects, we also had a go at drawing a symmetrical picture on the playground with chalk.
Today in our forest school session we talked about the sun being a star and how different planets orbit the sun. One person got to be the sun and we had a go at orbiting in rings around them. We also found other things in the playground that we could orbit. We had a go at making stars from different natural things. They were all wonderful!
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