Outdoor Learning

Year 3/4 go outdoors

Last week, Mrs Nicholls had year 3/4 outdoors with her. She (I hope) had really good fun! Yesterday afternoon we interviewed two year 3s, Rowan and Claudia, they both told us what they did outside. They said that went throught the woods to find a flower that they planted last time they were out with Mrs Nicholls. Once they had found it, they had too mark it using a stick. Mrs Nocholls had said that they had to come and find it next time they go out. Once they had done all that, they all went to look at the pile of wood-chippings. They found out that when the put their hand in , it realized it was warm! They had a little discussion of why it was warm. Once they had finished their discussion they went back to the cabin a planted a sprinkle of cress seeds to take home and grow. They put them on some greese-proof paper, they had lots of diferent colours.

Thanks for all your infomation, Claudia and Rowan.

By Bekah and Amy with help from Claudia and Rowan.

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Mar 29

Year 1/2 turn to the wild side!

By RebekahTizzard

Last week with Mrs Nicholls, was … Year 1/2! We (surprisingly) did not know what they where doing, so we asked if we could interview some year 1/2 children. We interviewed Toby and David from year 1. Their main focus this week was signs of spring. That wasn’t all they did. They did some drawing of animals, they made some butterfly mobiles (not every group) , they went to the pond and they chose an animal and did a background for it! Toby and David said that if where to describe the day in one word the would say: Green,Great and really fun!

Here are some of the pics thay took on this special day:

By Rebekah T and Lucy G.

Posted in Year 3/4 , animals, animoto, bird feeders, butterfly mobiles, drawing animals, fun, great, greeen, hunting of cards, Learning, Outdoor Learning, outdoors, outside, pond, really fun, spotting leaves, spring, spring signs, year 1/2 | 1 Comment »

Feb 21

Year 1/2 had fun outside!

By EmmaWhidborne

Outside we tried as hard as we could to find different types of birds in the bird hide we used binoculars totake a closer look at the birds we drew pictures of the birds.

Inside we used paints or pastels to make a picture of cinderella or an ugly step sister! Some people did prints.

We took pictures of winter we noticed the flowers were dying.

By Lottie, Emma and Emily a little help from year 1&2

Posted in Year 3/4 , cinderella, outside, paint, pastels, winter | 1 Comment »

Feb 10

5/6 Go Wild!

By AmyPalmer

Last week, year 5/6 had their turn with Mrs Nicholls. As you probably know, it was really cold outside, so they had to dress up warm! Anyway, the teachers decided to make it a little different this week. Instead of four different groups at four different times, two groups went outside in the morning together, but they did different things. One planted broad beans with a L.S.A, while the other group did some bird watching and made bird cakes. Each group had an hour on planting, then an hour on bird watching and making bird cakes, or vise-visa. Meanwhile, the other two groups made bird feeders out of recycled materials, such as yogurt pots and milk bottles. Finally, a couple of days later, they hung up their bird feeders before filling them with feed. Also, we got some pictures of the bird cakes – enjoy!

By Amy, Bekah and Imi

Posted in Year 5/6 , bird feeders, Outdoor Learning, outdoors, recycling | 2 Comments »

Jan 27

Year 3/4 in the Great Outdoors!

By RebekahTizzard

Last week year 3/4 were outdoors with Mrs Nicholls – their main focus was birds. Because of assessments, they two groups in the morning and two groups in the afternoon. One of the groups had to make bird cakes – they made balls of lard, then stuck seeds in them. After that, they were told to hang them in the trees next to the bird hide. Another group hung a bird feeder with a net around it, then the last two groups went to find the bulbs they planted the last time they were outside. They remarked the spot so they could find it next time. They also sprinkled a handful of bird seed in the woods. All of the groups were allowed go into the bird hide and watch the birds with binoculars – some of the children remembered to bring in their own. They all had lots of fun and enjoyed all of the activities – thank you Mrs Nicholls!!!

Year 3/4 in the Great Outdoors! on PhotoPeach

By Amy P and Bekah T

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Dec 02

Burying Bulbs

By Lottie

Last week Yr 3/4 had 2 bulbs (tet to tet) We planted them and then burried them in woods after we planted them we covered them with leaves. We had such fun.

Posted in Year 3/4 , bulbs, Leaves, planting | 1 Comment »

Nov 18

Seed Catchers!

By SamTurner

Two weeks, Year 5/6 went outside! This is what they did is they did: First of all, they went outside to find Y-shaped sticks. then they went inside the inside the logcabin and wrapped some wool around the sticks that they found and then and went on a long walk all around the field and look for things like seedlings, berries and crab apples to put in their sticks. After that ,they either took them home or left them in trees or the ground to see what would happen to them next time they came out!

Posted in Year 3/4, Year 5/6 | 1 Comment »

Oct 19

The Treasure Box!

By SamTurner

This week, Year R had their first outdoor day! They first walked around all the school grounds to familiarize whith Mrs Nicholls where everything was. As they walked, they looked for objects that they thought were interesting or unusual and put them in the “Treasure Box.” These in inclued Acorns, crab apples, leaves, alder cones and sticks. Then Finally, Mrs. Green and Mr. Emery used some of the treasures to make a autumn display in the classroom!

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Sep 30

Oaks, Elders and Hawthorns!

By SamTurner

This week year 1/2 did Outdoor Day with Mrs Nicholls. Firstly they went and recognised Oaks, Elders, Hawthorns, Hazels and other trees. After that, they did some gardening and weeding. They planted seeds and nuts. Then they did a job with Mrs Elmes, finding eggs with the numbers 1 to 20 on them and Kiera’s group found them all. They had lots of fun!

Thanks to Kiera and Maddie for their help!

Posted in Year 1/2 , animoto, carrots, oaks, planting | 2 Comments »

Sep 20

Loppers and fungi

By WilliamTaylor

This week it was year 5/6′s turn to do Outdoor Day. They did 2 things: Cut down some dangerous plants (eg. thistles, thorns, holly) and fallen trees with secateurs and loppers and then they had a look at different types of fungi and then identified them using a branching database! An anonymous child gave it 10/10 and said it was the best Outdoor Day yet!

Loppers and fungi on PhotoPeach

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