by Lucie Hunter | Jan 14, 2024 | News, Thoughts
Creativity… Our imaginations and curiosity have been inspired. We have discovered and explored our ideas in detail, gaining skills and knowledge. Now we are ready to Create!! All round the school children are making exciting creations. There are shields and...
by Lucie Hunter | Jan 10, 2024 | Events, News
Searching for Funghi and mushrooms at Forest School. The children took out magnifying glasses, and identification guides to see what they could find! At Forest School, children embarked on a captivating exploration of fungi and mushrooms. Armed with magnifying glasses...
by Lucie Hunter | Jan 8, 2024 | News
Willow Class (Year 4) have been looking at hill figures in our topic lesson. As well as talking about our (non-Iron Age!) local hill figure (the Long Man of Wilmington) we were particularly drawn to the Uffington Horse, a beautiful chalk figure created by the Age...
by Lucie Hunter | Jan 2, 2024 | News
Joyful explorative play in the water tray at...
by Lucie Hunter | Jan 1, 2024 | News, Thoughts
Mud Makes us Happy and Healthy… “Playing in the mud makes us happy as soil contains the bacteria mycobacterium vaccae and triggers a release of serotonin – the happy hormone”. Quote taken from Helen and Debby’s pamphlet “Re-engaging with nature”. In 2004, Dr....