F1 had lots of fun helping to pick our carrots that we have been growing in our vegetable patch!
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We had a very busy day learning all about Guy Fawkes and the reason we celebrate ‘Bonfire Night’.
- we displayed excellent teamwork skills collecting sticks and leaves to make our bonfire
- used a range of painting techniques to create bonfire and firework art
- wrote some important safety instructions for staying safe on ‘Bonfire Night’
- enjoyed making and eating edible sparklers and hot dogs whilst listening to our themed story ‘Sparks in the Sky’
- finished off our day all snuggled up watching a spectacular firework display
Year 1 had a fantastic afternoon at Pickering Park looking for signs of Autumn and exploring the great outdoors! We had our very own scavenger hunt and ticked our check list for all the different animals and tree/leaf species we could see and identify! We talked about different types of trees and the size of different leaves. We sketched and observed a variety of different species of tree and talked about why some were bare and some were still ‘evergreen’! We loved joining in with some Forest School games and chants! We took our learning back to the classroom to carry on our tree identification and inspire our very own Autumnal nature area, using all our goodies we had collected on the way!
The children have been exploring Autumn this week. We have been talking about the changes that happen when the season starts. We listened to ‘Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn’ by Kenard Pak and talked about the story.
The children have made some beautiful leaf print pictures and created fabulous collages using Autumn colours.
The have also been drawing Autumn trees and pumpkins in the garden.
The children loved exploring the textures of the slimy pumpkin and the crunchy leaves.
We have also been learning what the words hibernation and migration mean.
I wonder what other signs of Autumn you might see when you’re out and about.
Year 1 were fantastic scientists this week as they placed animals into different groups including mammals, reptiles, fish and birds. We discovered that humans are mammals too! Keep up the hard work year 1. 
The children loved designing their pumpkin and scooping out all the seeds.
Mr Norton carved out their design and delivered safety talk on using equipment.
Some of our children loved the sensory feeling of scooping out with their hands whilst others chose to scoop out with spoon.
We investigated our pumpkin seeds and compared sizes with other seeds.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO ALWAYS ASK AN ADULT TO HELP YOU CARVE YOUR PUMPKIN!
This week, F2 have been making the most of the wet weather
by experimenting with chalk.
We loved how the colours mixed together when we added more water…
… and we saw how the colours looked brighter when they were wet.
The texture became thick and tacky when we used a brush on the wet chalk…
…and we noticed how wet and dry chalk just looked different,
but most of all, we enjoyed making our own fabulous artwork creations.
As Scientists, in Year Four, we have been learning about sound. We explored vibrations and how sound is created, how it travels in sound waves, how it the volume can be altered and how we might carry out sound proofing to absorb the sound waves. This week we were given the fiddly challenge of changing the pitch of an elastic band instrument. We could have done with a few extra sets of hands but we enjoyed exploring!
F2 enjoyed another Forest School session of mud painting today.
Collecting leaves and herbs and sticking them to our sticks can be a tricky, we had to really concentrate and with a little bit of help we all made terrific mud brushes.
Mixing mud and adding magic colour is fun… the children were amazed at the beautiful colours we made today.
We used our brushes and mud paint to make these fabulous creations!
What do you think of them?
This week in Science Year 1 have been learning all about the inspirational David Attenborough and the impact impact he has had on our planet! We loved learning about the places he has travelled- from the cold regions of Antarctica to the rainforests of South America! We wrote a fact file dedicated to David’s important works and read the biography ‘Little People, Big dreams’ based on his life, work and aims for the future! We really loved this lesson and enjoyed talking about big issues and big words like ‘endangered‘ and ‘extinction’. We thought about what those words meant to us an how even as little people we could change them…
