Today, Reception were very lucky and had a visit from a mermaid! Her name was Mermaid Hannah and she had a beautiful tail! She told us that she lives in a shell palace under the sea with her friend Oceana. She explained to us that she went to school under the sea and answered lots…
This week Reception have been learning about the Jewish festival of Sukkot. At this special time, Jewish people build a Sukkah outside in which they share food and meals in for 7 days. We built a Sukkah using a forest school tarp along with a covering of branches and leaves. We decorated our Sukkak with…
Reception have been channeling their inner zen by performing a wide range of yoga poses alongside some mindfulness colouring. The children are loving these weekly sessions and here you can see them practising the warrior and boat positions.
Reception went on a number hunt in the forest yesterday! 🌳 Despite the wet weather, the children wrapped up warm and eagerly scoured the surrounding woods for numbers up to 20! By working together, they eventually found all of the numbers and successfully ordered them on the forest floor. Look at how proud they all…
Reception are having a very exciting week exploring the world of dinosaurs. On Monday, they discovered that our resident dinosaur had laid some dinosaur eggs. The children were so excited, they looked after the eggs carefully and were rewarded at the end of the day by the birth of 4 baby dinosaurs. They also witnessed…
Reception had so much fun up in the woods for their first time. The weather was lovely and perfect for exploring. We decided to create a collage for our topic at the moment, All about Me, using a variety of materials from the woods. We found leaves, acorns, stones, sticks, apples and feathers and we…
Nursery have had an amazing week learning all about themselves; making self-portraits, naming body parts, counting body parts and talking about things they like to do! To finish off our learning this week the children have made their own biscuit and we have taken them into the woods this afternoon to enjoy with a story…
The children have settled in so well and are enjoying trying out lots of different activities. On Friday, we all went on a dinosaur hunt with Cosmic Kids yoga. The children used a range of skills during this time including listening, speaking, stretching and lots of different movements. Here they are searching with their ‘Dino’ glasses.