The Year 5s were interested in finding out more about trees and how they grew, so they sourced information about these, learning about how the different ring layers in the trunk and what each layer did for the tree.

As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, the Year 3’s went outside to look at the changes in the garden and nature areas and see what treasures they could find. Children (and adults) often feel calmer and more relaxed when outside, and we often take pupils out for to make a positive impact on their […]

The whole school was invited to take part in the Big Schools’ Birdwatch and a number of pupils went out to see which of our feathered friends they could find. The bird cookies were proving very popular with the flying visits to our school grounds so more needed to be made, which our keen volunteers […]

The pupils in Year 4 are currently reading about Kaspar: Prince of Cats by Michael Morpurgo. To help understand the characters, they went outside to make a frame of their favourite character. First the characters were discussed and designed on paper. They they went out with a box of wooden discs and what they collected […]

The RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch (https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-teachers/schools-birdwatch/) runs from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th January, where volunteer helpers spend 1 hour recording the birds they spot around their environment. Our class went out to see what they could find. Each group had a survey sheet to note down the different species of birds they found and […]

The year 3’s went out into the garden and nature areas to find out about the types of birds that visit our school grounds and what they sound like. They started by listening to the birdsongs on the RSPB ‘Bird Song Identifier’ website (https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-songs/what-bird-is-that/) and learning about the songs of the common birds they were […]

Mrs Crawford worked with a Year 3 group to make bird fat-balls, using sunflower seeds, for the many birds who like to visit our nature areas. The children learnt about some of the birds who often come to visit our school and made sure that they would have something to eat when they came.

Mental Health Awareness Week The focus for Mental Health Awareness Week in May 2021 was ‘nature,, which is central to our psychological and emotional health. It is almost impossible to realise good mental health without a greater connection to the natural world. This was an ideal time for our pupils to explore all that our […]

 “I can see the disc! It’s over there!” cries one of the pupils. A group of five children race over to a purple disc with an instruction inscribed on it. After reading it, they stand in complete silence, listening. After a few moments, another says, “I can hear it in the tree!” They listen to […]