The Courier

It was our final Forest School session today and we had a great time. The children loved seeing the larger site (we have enlarged our forest school area) and rolling around in the grass. All the children have grown in the last six weeks and it is has been great watching their progress.

We have gone from not wanting to touch mud in week 1 to making mud piles and rolling in it in week 6. The children have been busy looking for wildlife under the tree stumps. We found worms, woodlice, a centipede and worm eggs! Some of the children created their own game using pine cones. Others spend the whole session building a pine cone sculpture for our bird and squirrel friends.

We all made some smelly cocktails out of water, mud and other natural objects. Some of the children enjoyed looking at the flowers that have grown over the past few weeks and used the flower ID guide book to try and work out what they are. We ended our six weeks covered in mud and they couldn’t have been happier.

To acknowledge Shrove Tuesday, we learned about where the traditions of pancakes come from and why it is a special time leading up to Easter. The children also enjoyed creating their own delicious pancakes to celebrate!

On Tuesday, 1LS celebrated Pancake Day. The children learned about using up ingredients from their pantry, prior to Ash Wednesday and of course, they then had to try a pancake. They could choose from lemon, sugar or chocolate sauce for a topping.

They went down a treat!

Class 4M were thrilled to take delivery of their new games, puzzles, and crafts for Privilege Time. Money raised from their bake sale has been put to good use and they can't wait for Friday afternoon! A special thanks also to Class 4M parents who contributed additional money.

Class 5F have been learning about forces and how mechanisms such as pulleys, levers and gears help to move loads with less effort. As part of Design & Technology lessons, pupils took part in a Practical Action Project to design a pulley system, for farmers in Nepal, who needed a new system to move tomatoes from the top to the bottoms of the mountains. There were some excellent designs...and some squashed tomatoes!

This week we enjoyed pancakes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday and discussed about the things we could do to give up or do less in Lent.  We also used it as an opportunity to plan our part of the upcoming Easter service and the children are looking forward to being part of such a special celebration here at school.

As part of British Science Week, pupils (Years 1 to 6) will have the opportunity to design and create a poster around the theme of 'Growth'. It will be linked to their current science topic and posters that show creativity, informative content and clear communication will be selected and entered into the British Science Assocation Poster Competition 2022. 

British Science Week