Reception went on a nature walk in the school grounds! We used our senses to listen to the birds singing, smell the fresh flowers and the fresh cut grass. We also discovered lots of bugs and listened to the crunching of the leaves under our feet. When we came back Read more…
This afternoon, Year 4 were on the hunt to see what invertebrates they could find in our local environment. The children had lots of fun exploring the woodland area, finding different invertebrates and logging all that they observed about each creature they found. We were lucky enough to be able Read more…
Despite the threat of thunder storms, our Year 6 adventurers enjoyed their time canoeing on the lake… they were just about to build their rafts when the thunder got too close for comfort! Raft Building
You could probably hear the screams from Heywood… take a moment to zoom in on some of the pictures below… there are a number of quality facial expressions!
The first activity of our adventure weekend and our teams of knights engage in a battle of wits to solve a range of problems before the winning team raises the victory flag.
In Reception we have taken part in a Science experiment, learning all about floating and sinking! We looked at lots of different objects and guessed whether we thought that they were going to float or sink. We have discovered that heavy objects like carrots sink and light objects like rubber Read more…
Year 4 took part in National Bird Watching Week with The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and eagerly waited in anticipation to see what type of garden birds that they could see! Did you take part too? What type of birds did you see? Also, ECO council Read more…
Our ECO Council have being taking part in something extremely special this week! We have been gifted one of the Queen’s Jubilee Tree’s, which we have planted in our woodland, to celebrate her long reign of 70 years. Together, we have used lots of tools to plant and secure the Read more…
We have been exploring our spiritual development in forest school today, creating our clay woodland creatures. The children were very calm and quiet whilst doing this and enjoyed exploring this type of media.
In Year 3, we have started some Forest School sessions. During these sessions, we have been using a variety of risky tools, such as a bow saw, bill hook and hack saw to cut and chop wood. The children found this a bit daunting at first, but soon became excited Read more…
This week in Reception we have been learning all about Autumn! We have been on a leaf hunt outside and looked at all the different colours and shapes of the leaves! We have also enjoyed decorating our own squirrels, using the leaves that we found!
Today, Year 3 visited Brockholes nature reserve in Preston and what a day they had going back in time to the Stone Age – even the weather didn’t spoil our day. Here are some pictures from across the day. First was shelter building, after all, to survive you need a Read more…