by Debby Hunter | Nov 20, 2020 | News
At forest school, Elder class children perfected one of the most important survival skills – fire lighting. They had to collect tinder and different sized, dry twigs; prepare the fire; and light it with strikers. They found that collection and preparation were vital,...
by Debby Hunter | Nov 20, 2020 | News
Sycamore Class had a wonderful time re-enacting story favourite ‘Room on a Broom’ by Julia Donaldson at Forest School on Tuesday. After finding an enormous branch in the forest the children helped Helen to wrap a bundle of smaller branches to it to create a giant...
by Debby Hunter | Nov 20, 2020 | News
The annual Lantern festival held at Advent is a very special date in the Annan Calendar. Advent is a time of moving through the darkness towards the yearly rebirth of the light, when the days begin to grow longer. Our traditional Advent Festival is held on the last...
by kevin | Nov 16, 2020 | News
Sycamore Class have been thinking about hibernation at Forest School this week. They took inspiration from a book which Helen shared, ‘Hodge the Hedgehog’ by Amy Sparkes. They then created their own hedgehogs from clay and spent time considering where a good place to...
by kevin | Nov 9, 2020 | News
The Kindergarten children started their week by thinking about what might be up, up and away that we don’t always see? This was followed by this week’s Black Line activity – a rocket. During Candle Time, some of the group shared the story of their pictures with...
by kevin | Nov 9, 2020 | News
This week Willows had a fantastic art session, painting pictures of the birds that the children had researched for their homework over the half term. The children had also brought in pictures and models, information sheets, poems and even a handwritten book on...
