Blog by Tag: outdoor learning

Today we have followed a simple map to find a new toy for Nursery. We have used lots of directional language. The children were very good at looking for clues on each photo to find the next place to look. 

Today is National Poetry Day. Year 6 have been learning the classic poem, Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll this week. Many of the words are nonsense words, so we spent time working out what word classes they were as well as imagining what they could mean. Today we went to the woods to act out verses…

We also practised our throwing and catching skills whilst counting in 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 3’s.

We used pine cones to practise our adding and subtracting today.

We had a great time exploring in Dorrington Wood today. We used our senses to listen, look, feel and smell. We also collected leaves, seeds and something that felt rough. 

Year 4 went to Dorrington Road woods today to complete some outdoor learning. We had a really interesting Art lesson about Cubism. We looked at some cubist pictures by famous artists then we created our own masterpieces. We had to draw a leaf using pastels and then colour it in a Cubist…

This morning, the Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children went to the school field and Dorrington Woods. In their house teams they completed four different activities (3 completely in the shade - thank goodness) including a Forest School activity with Mrs Walsh. They collected lots of natural items…