Our first visit to Forest School

24th September 2021Cathryn Henderson
Our first visit to Forest School!
Mrs Gibson and Mrs Charlton challenged us to put our own suits and boots on. We tried so hard and even helped each other. We were so excited whilst we waited at the gates. We sensibly followed the instructions to climb the stile into our wilderness! We explored the areas, running, climbing and jumping. Some of the children discovered minibeasts. The children then began to roll logs to discover more! We identified; worms, slugs, beetles, ants, woodlice, earwigs, spiders and centipedes! We then learnt how to use magnifying glasses correctly to observe them. When we had finished we rolled the logs back to keep our bug friends safe. We also shared milk and snack at our base camp. What a fantastic way to end our week!

Nursery Bear Activities!

24th September 2021Cathryn Henderson

We had a wonderful time sharing ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. We worked as a team to make a GIANT bear. We also drew and painted pictures of the bear!

Police visit to Early Years

3rd February 2020Cathryn Henderson

Our Community Officer PC Talbot, and Police Community Support Officer Caroline, came to visit Early Years today! They talked about lots of different ways that the police help us. We got to look at their police car, speak on the police radio and some of us even wanted to try on the police uniform!

 

Animals Who Help Us

14th January 2020Cathryn Henderson

Reception and Nursery were visited this morning by Margret and Quella. Quella is from the Guide Dog Association. We found out so much about the important job Quella does to make sure that Margret is independent. We even got to stroke Quella and say hello – we loved it!

 

Early Years Stay and Play

8th November 2019Cathryn Henderson

Early years welcomed their grown ups into school this week to play!

Nursery Visit to Scotswood Community Garden

21st October 2019Cathryn Henderson

Last week the children in our Early Years went on their visit  to Scotswood Community Garden. Thank you to the grown ups who came along to help; we couldn’t do it without you!  The session was aimed at supporting children’s understanding of the world they live in and seasonal change.  During the visit children learnt about how some animals, like hedgehogs, hibernate in the winter.   The children worked hard to use Autumn leaves and branches to build a nest for a hedgehog – the main aim was to keep the hedgehog warm.  The children had a fabulous time and, as always, demonstrated our school values: respect, resilience, responsibility and engagement.

 

Butterfly Workshop Family Learning

By Cathryn Henderson18th June 2019

Parents and Carers joined their children for an afternoon helping bees, butterflies and other insects. Everyone planted wildflowers to help the school grounds for nature, they then made a recycled butterfly feeder, plant pot and hanging basket full of butterfly friendly flowers to take home.

Thank you to everyone who took part and to West Boldon Lodge for working with us.