Comments on Outdoor Learning
- It’s good for Survival Skills-N
- It was boring-B
- Not enough time outside-C
- Not allowed to take stuff from the environment e.g cutting down trees-S
- It was so much fun it was amazing-H
- It was interesting-B
- Team work was fun-A
- Cutting string with a stick was good-P
For the Future
- Go into the forest next time-K
- Better / different groups-G
- More exploring-Z
- Tree climbing-Whole Class
22 of us spend time outside at the weekend
- fishing and exploring in the forest
- walking my dog
- eating outside
- hillwalking
- camping
- biking
- den building and designing fish traps
- puddle jumping
- rolling in the grass
19 of us take part regularly in different Sports
- rugby
- football
- cheer leading
- dancing
- skiing
- running
- rollerskating
- tennis
- ice skating
- MUGA
- athletics
- netball
- gymnastics
- cycling
- sailing
- boxing
- golf
We have started a new focus on biodiversity with Mrs James as part of our outdoor learning.
We managed to collect as many different leaves as we could a few weeks ago. Firstly, we looked at the different characteristics displayed on each leaf – it’s shape, size and texture.
To help us identify which type of plant it had come from we used a classification key online to help us.
We discussed the fact that at this time of year the colour does not really help us in identifying its source due to the leaves dying off and turning brown and yellow.
Last week Mrs James decided to set us some Team Building challenges to encourage us to work together and discuss solutions.
We had to complete 5 different stations, each requiring different skills and problem solving elements.
- Passing the ball from one team member to another without dropping it – passing it over and under.
- Holding and passing on a hoop using only our finger tips.
- Travelling from one marker to another while balancing on foam bricks.
- Untangling tangled hands as a team without letting go!
- Ensuring that the whole team passes through a hoop.
Thankfully we all managed to achieve success! Some teams were quicker than others.
As part of our Outdoor Learning work, we evaluated how successful our shelter building was when we used the playground. We discussed in our teams what worked and what did not work so well. We discussed the skills that our team members used to successfully create a shelter or the problems that we encountered that meant we were not successful.
We then used this discussion as a basis for planning our Den Building Part 2! Who was good at tying knots and could fill that role again? What equipment would we need? Who was able to problem solve quickly when things were not working out as planned?
Then we tried again….this time on the grassy patch at the other side of the pitch.
At the start of term we headed outside to build shelters in the playground. Resources were limited to loose branches, tarps, pegs and string.
We had to work together as a team to discuss and plan our shelters and then we worked together to build them. It was quite tricky!
When our building time was over we had a look at the dens that the other teams had made. Some team members had to stay behind as they were holding up the tarps! Mrs James explained that that was part of her plan. She repeatedly said to us to use our team! Even though resources were limited we had to work together using each team member to be successful.
Here are our shelters.
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