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We collected leaves and flowers from the garden and used them as brushes to paint a giant volcano for our dinosaur wall display in class.
Tag: Outdoor Education
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We followed instructions to make a topsy turvy planter from an old plastic bottle. We planted a sunflower plant inside it and hung it in the garden. We will keep it well watered and see how it grows. Afterwards we did some more weeding and planting work in our big garden planter.
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POLO Week in the Stars Class
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The Stars class were not blessed with good weather for our outdoor education slots during POLO week. We were met with very heavy rain indeed! We did manage to create colourful water pistol pictures then used the water pistols to try and knock down upturned cups. We collected greenery and flowers to make crowns and made sure our plants were well watered on dry days. Our planned story time underneath the garden canopy took place indoors but we enjoyed ‘Wee Granny’s Magic Bag’ none the less!
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POLO DAY
This week has been a fun filled week with lots of outdoor learning opportunities. We have explored the sensory garden collect items to use for some art work. We made portraits using the materials we collected in the garden.
We did some numeracy outdoor learning this week.
We used hole punches to punch a specific number of holes into the leaves. We ordered numbered logs and put sticks into numbered plant pots.
The Transition class were Responsible Citizens when they took responsibility to erect an outdoor shelter for the whole school to use. They listened well to instructions and worked together to hold it steady as the guy lines were tightened. We hope to get a lot of use for outdoor education towards the end of term.
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MOVE Day Activities in the Stars
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We had a lovely day of activities in the Stars class. We had a timed colour hunt, played balloon tennis, threw balls into a basket (trickier than you think!) and did ‘Space Yoga’. Outside we played hopscotch and did chalk drawings. In the afternoon we moved round ‘space’ stations in the playground which were great fun.
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Platinum Jubilee in the Stars Class
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We participated in lots of activities to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We wore a crown and robe, did a scavenger hunt, read a funny story called ‘The Queen’s Knickers’ and made crown biscuits at HE. Wearing golden crowns we had a lovely picnic in the garden and played parachute games with the Moonbeams. The Corgi cupcakes were really good too at our jubilee lunch on Tuesday.
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Digital Week in the Stars
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We had a good week using many types of digital technology. We used the I Pad to take directed photographs in the garden and played many games and activities on the Promethean Board. We talked about many changes in technology, made tasty smoothies using a switch and watched a story using a QR code. We had fun using beebots with Miss Smith and making a telephone from paper cups and string (it really worked!) and compared it with today’s handsets and mobiles. Gaming safety was discussed and not to share information. We used technology to cross the road on our outing when we used the pelican crossing.
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We experienced making marks and pictures on the ground using chalk. On a dry day we will draw round a class friend lying on the ground.
We made chocolate nests and eggs to create a dinosaur jungle. They were a tasty treat at snack time.
With the longer days the Transition class have started working on their raised garden. The class have been Effective Contributors preparing the soil and planting some leeks.
