Last week P1F walked over to the High School to take a look at how our new school campus is developing. We could see the nursery and P1 classrooms from the platform. Mr Widdowson showed us lots of photographs of the work being carried out and Mrs Howie showed us the plans.
We had a beautiful, clear and frosty day for our walk to the woods on Thursday. We had fun playing hiding seek and really enjoyed climbing and exploring.
Today, Primary 6/7 and Primary 7 took their learning about WW2 outside into the playground. They were learning about the number of casualties different countries suffered and were challenged to work in groups to create a human graph.
Team work was vital in this task as the children were asked to choose different ways to use their bodies to represent the different numbers e.g. someone standing upright may represent 100,000 casualties whilst someone sitting represents 100 casualties.
Every group worked together efficiently and came up with some excellent and creative ideas for their human graph.
Here are a few photos showing some of the team work taking place and the final graph.
This term P1 have been learning about forces through our topic on Toys. We enjoyed a great afternoon outside working on various activities involving forces. At two of the stations we had to work in a team or with a partner to make objects move by pushing and pulling. It was quite tricky at times and we really had to think how we could use some of the materials given.
Here is how P1F got on!
Look how well P1Y worked!
The nursery children decided they want to learn more about birds and came up with a list of questions they would like the answers to, many of which involved birds eating worms! We have created a wormery to look more closely at worms and have made bird feeders to help the birds survive the colder weather. We will work our way through the list of questions and have a visitor from the RSPB at Mersehead coming to visit us later this week who might be able to help us with our answers.
Last week P1 were learning how to cross the road safely and the importance of being seen at night. We all went to cross Southwick Road with the help of Mrs Widdowson and discussed the Green Cross Code. We also discussed alternative ways of crossing the road safely; for example using the traffic lights on the High Street.
Thank you Mrs Widdowson!
We had our own real bonfire at nursery. We heard the fire crackle, smelled the smoke and watched the flames. The adults were very impressed at how well we followed the safety rules and listened to instructions. We got toasted marshmallows and we dipped them in chocolate and sprinkles as an extra treat snack!
This term Primary 3 have been learning about Woodlands. They have made the most of the lovely Autumn weather and visited our Forest Classroom on three different occasions. During their trips to the Forest Classroom the children have been involved in a number of outdoor learning experiences. Thank you to parents who volunteered to join the class on some of these trips.
To kick start our new topic ‘Autumn’, the boys and girls from the nursery went a walk in the woods. Despite the wet weather, we stayed dry because “the trees are a big umbrella”. We had a picnic snack, collected things to take back with us, had lots of fun exploring and enjoyed a story. We intend to go back again soon.
This term, Primary 5 have been developing their teambuilding skills during Outdoor Learning sessions.
