Westonbirt Arboretum

Wednesday 30th March

Today was the first trip up to the allotment. It was the turn of the Broccoli Bunch and the Carrot Crew to help Mrs Wallace start the planting. Next week will be the turn of the Tomato Team and Spinach Squad.

The rest of the children did PE on the field while the groups visited the allotment over the road.

This afternoon we practised for our assembly and year 1 looked at the story 'That Pesky Rat'. They then created a home for the rat as a group. It was important that he had wood shavings, water, play tunnels, a ladder, wheel and cheese.

REMINDER: Class Assembly tomorrow at 2:45pm. Please note the time change.

Monday 28th March

Over the last few days the children have been getting very creative with all sorts of different materials. Model making is their current focus and they have been creating some fantastic ideas. Here are some pictures of birds nests that we have been making from clay.

We made the nest first using a coil technique and then made clay birds and eggs to go inside. You can see the finished sculptures on Thursday in our assembly.

Below are some Plasticine models that the children made during 'Golden Time'.

Barnaby made a selection including a space ship, earth and a cake.

REMINDER: Class 1's assembly this Thursday at 2:45pm. Please note the time change.

Class 1's Band

During activity time the children created their own band including a drummer, singer and dancer. At one point we even had a composer!

Thank you for all the help offered on Wednesday afternoons at the allotment. If you did offer, keep a look out for your timetable which should have come home tonight in your child's book bag.

REMINDER: Class 1's assembly will take place next Thursday (31st) at 2:30pm.

Monday 21st March

The children decided to take water and paint brushes outside this morning. They started by washing/painting the school and then progressed onto making 'paint' by adding water to the chalk.
Some children decided to mix chalk to create a sunset and blended it with their hands.

Some decided that they were going to be car washers.

This week FS2 are looking at butterfly life cycles and capacity. Today they had a go at putting words together to make a sentence that made sense.

Year 1 are continuing their work on fantasy stories and today looked at past tense.