Today at school there was snow in the playground so we went to do our learning outdoors.We firstly learned our spelling words by different activites.In my pair we got a trowel to write in the snow.We made 3D words but that didn’t work out because the snow was to poudery. We were then told to make a game in ours pairs that we would shair with the class.Daniel and I made a game and here are the instructions.

1)Make sure there is snow
2)Write the vowels(e,i,a,o,u) in the snow
3)Get a blindfold
4)Get a friend
5)Blindfold them and give them a snowball
6)Spin them round a couple of times
7)Get them to throw their snowball
8)Make sure they hit a vowel
9)Then let them think of a word with their vowel in it
10)Make sure they spell it correctly and who ever gets the most correct wins.

Then we went to the top playground to learn our big maths learn-its. We were put into pairs again and had to write our big maths learn-its in the snow. Then we got a picture taken of us standing next to all the learn-its.

Today at school we went outside to do spelling (in the snow).We started off by writing our spelling words in the snow.Then we made up a new game in pairs.It had to be something we could do in the snow.Here is the game my group made up:
1 Draw a grid with 26 boxes 3 in a row
2 Put a letter of the alphabet in each box
3 Get someone to read your words to you
4 Jump on the box with the first letter on and keep jumping on the box to spell the word.

Tamara (P6)

Recently with the help of Rock UK, Hutton Primary School created a bug hotel using natural materials found around the school.  This was done on a very rainy day in the school grounds.  Before they built the bug hotel they investigated what bugs already lived around the school. Slugs, beetles and centipedes were all popular finds. They planned layers of rocks,leaves,sticks paper,cardboard and bits of logs to accommodate the bugs they found and those they wanted to attract.  The pupils kitted themselves up in waterproofs and wellies and then collected the materials needed.  They finished soaked just before the end of the day.  The reason they built a bug hotel was to increase biodiversity as part of their eco-schools work and their 3rd green flag.  Pupils had been learning about biodiversity and how having lots of small bugs and beasties helps bigger animals in the food web.

Recently Hutton Primary School and Rock UK worked together to build a bug hotel on the school grounds…in the pouring rain.  They firstly went out in the rain to investigate bugs that lived in the grounds and found things like like snails, slugs, worms, woodlice, spiders, beetles and mites.   They identified the different species and their habitats.  Then they went indoors to dry off and to design the bug hotel.   Finally they had their design ready they went outside again to find the natural and school materials.  In order to accommodate the bug they wanted to attract they needed- a wooden pallet, bricks, wood, stones, leaves, plastic bottles stuffed with sticks, pebbles, leaves, canes, paper and cardboard.   The reason they built the bug hotel was to increase biodiversity in the school grounds.  This will contribute to the school’s application for their third Green Eco-Schools Flag.   Having Green Flags means a lot to them because it demonstrates their enthusiasm for eco issues.

Hutton Primary and Rock UK recently built a bug hotel in the school grounds, in the pouring rain!  Pupils investigated the bugs that might live in the bug hotel and researched the habitats they might live in.  The bug hotel was made using natural materials to suit the bugs they investigated.  The pupils made a bug hotel to increase to amount of bugs in school playground and this contributes to their work towards their third green Eco-Schools flag.   A pupil said “it was great fun and we learned loads about different habitats bugs live in”.