On Wednesday morning the children had an opportunity to gather their own natural resources and make a butterfly. They were exploring symmetry and had an exciting time trying to find things that would match for both sides in order for it to be symmetrical. An amazing amount of detail went into their creations and we were impressed by their enthusiasm and lovely designs.

They had a great time playing in the trees with lots of climbing and a few happy to sit in little dens and chat to each other. We had a lovely snack sitting in the sunshine and after a another play it was time to return to the ECC.

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regards Mrs Orr

On Tuesday  morning The Bees had a lovely experience using the clay in the Mini Forest. They were exploring symmetry through creating faces and objects onto a tree, with the clay. They did an amazing job and they really enjoyed looking  at each others work too. A few children decided on self portraits and we had a butterfly, a rainbow, a person with no hair, a duck and a collection of 5 faces.

We also enjoyed time to play and the children choose to dig for treasure with sticks, play dinosaurs ,climb trees and use little bits of clay as marshmallows to toast. They found an orange Sainsburys bag and compared it to a glowing fire as they toasted their marshmallows. They really showed us how creative and imaginative they are. We had snack sitting together on the grass  and then it was time to return to the ECC.

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regards Mrs Orr

Today the Badgers had great fun in the mini forest as they spent a dry bright morning looking for patterns. They explored lots of different surfaces with their magnifying glasses  and microscopes. They studied tree bark and leaves and the ground around them. They used their binoculars to hunt for patterns high above them. They had an opportunity to look at the type of patterns in nature and saw how some were symmetrical. “Look ….this is like a zebra” as they studied tree bark that had stripes. They also enjoyed climbing on trees and playing their own imaginative games. They are all extremely good at remembering the games they played last week and continuing them. Then we had a lovely snack and after a quick play once more, it was time to return to the ECC.

Well done everybody!

Mrs Orr

This morning the Bees had their time in the mini forest. Mrs Thomson had set them a task to make art to hang from the trees but they had to use their maths skills. They had to choose sticks and thread leaves through them. They chatted about the sizes of the resources they collected. They then choose how to hang them and if it was vertical or horizontal.

They had fun climbing in the trees and playing dragons. They lit   fires as they roared flames and showed us how amazing their imaginations are. They noticed how dry the ground has become and placed sticks into in cracks in the mud to see how deep they could go. Well done everybody!