1CR in the woods!

14th November 2024Mr Pickering

1CR had a brilliant time in the woods. We learnt about different rich and poor roles in a castle and then did activities linked to some of these jobs. We were builders to begin with when we built a wooden fort and then we tested our defences against flour bombs. Then we were Knights. We created our own armour design and then tested our accuracy at throwing missiles. After dinner we were cooks. We made a simple medieval vegetable soup and then made our own piece of flat bread to eat with it. Later, we used the campfire to cook some caramelised apple and then a marshmallow smore! To end the day, we had a flour bomb battle to burn off all of our extra energy! We had a great day!

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Fieldwork explorers

8th November 2024Mr Pickering

2P had a fabulous time on our fieldwork visit to Sandall Beat Woods. We learnt about the food that poor and rich people would have eaten in Medieval times and how food was cooked over open fires. We made some Peasant food. We used the vegetables that would have been available at the time to make a simple vegetable soup. The children were really surprised at how tasty it was – well, most of them! We then made our own piece of flat bread, which was cooked in the clay oven. Finally, we did our own cooking over the fire to make caramelised apples and smores. We then constructed a simple castle structure and tested our security with a flour bomb attack. We just about got away unscathed! We practised our soldier skills and then had a flour bomb fight to see if we could beat our opposition. It was a fabulous visit and we are now much more knowledgeable about different roles in a castle.

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Comic Relief Fun in Crew

18th March 2024Joshua Meade

We told jokes, made a rap and did some silly faces on Friday. Well done to our reading superstars Kaya, Lacey and Weronika. Thank you Peyton and Esme for watering the plants in our Eco-garden! #LovePlover

3SG Wildlife Park Field Trip

5th March 2024Mrs Graves

We had a fantastic time on Thursday at the Wildlife Park.

The Polar Bear Workshop was really informative and it was great to get ‘hands-on’ with a polar bear skull, claws and footprints.

We then saw the real life polar bears – they were huge and tucking into their breakfast!

As a lucky bonus we also got a glimpse of the baby rhino – it was so cute, but didn’t stay out for long – I think we scared it off, as we were so excited to see it!!

The field trip will really help us with our writing – so look out for our persuasive texts!

We would love for you to join us next week on the 13th March at 1:30, when we put into action what we have learnt in our ‘Activism March’ to save the polar bears!

I was very proud of how the children behaved on what was a long and tiring day.

Mrs Graves

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Yesterday in the rain

30th January 2024Rebecca Bubb

The rain didn’t stop F2 yesterday! We put our waterproofs and wellies on and out we went for the afternoon. We jumped in puddles, we made mud pies, we climbed, we emptied the water from the sand pit. No rain: No rainbows!

Building Habitats: Protecting our Planet!

23rd January 2024Mr Pickering

Key Stage 1 have been learning about the importance of plants and trees to our planet but also about how they provide habitats for birds and other wildlife. Today, we started work on our final product for our expedition. Using our experts from the Council, we have planted 5 fruit trees to create a mini-orchard and also many different types of plants to create a hedgerow along the boundary of the fence.

We learnt about how to care for our newly planted saplings and also how we can protect them whilst they are still establishing themselves in their new home. We can’t wait to see how they grow and develop in the months and years to come. Hopefully, one day, we will have apples, pears, cherries and plums to eat!

The trees and hedges were kindly provided by the Tree Council as part of their Orchards for Schools project.

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Forest Schools

31st October 2023Rebecca Bubb

Today Heather and Lesley came to visit as experts in ‘what you would find if you took a stroll in Autumn’. We learned about leaves changing colour and falling from the trees, about nature slowing down ready for winter, about conkers being seeds and falling further from branches that are higher up and of course, toasting marshmallows on the fire! It was wet but wonderful!

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Forest School

31st October 2023Amy Wood-Samways

Wow what an amazing day we have had doing Forest Schools today, we didn’t let the rain stop us! The children have loved learning about campfires, toasting marshmallows and making Autumnal pictures.

Miss Wood

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