Tag: Outdoor learning

The Tigers have been talking about shape this morning! We identified circles, squares and triangles as shapes that we knew. We worked in teams to build different shapes with sticks! To make triangles we knew we’d need 3 sticks, to make a square we decided we’d need 4 sticks that were a similar size and for a rectangle we needed 2 long sticks and 2 short sticks. We also had a go at making a circle which was quite tricky because circles don’t have straight sides!

We then had a play with the sticks and some chalk! Kieva, Charlie and Rhys made a space scene, with a moon and a rocket!

Alfie, Ryan and Corey made televisions! They made rectangles with the sticks and drew some scary TV characters inside for Halloween!

Layla and Kameron made a panda! They noticed that their panda had a circle for a tummy!

Well done Tigers!

Yesterday afternoon the Giraffes were out enjoying a lovely autumn day! We had a chat about what we knew about autumn. We spotted lots of beautifully coloured leaves lying on the ground and so we went on a nature walk, collecting lots of them to make an autumn collage!

The Tigers asked to go out to the mud kitchen today! They were able to follow the mud paint recipe from the board and made their own paint!

Some of the children have been enjoying exploring the water. They have been pouring water through the guttering and catching it at the bottom. They had lots of chat around full and empty while they were pouring. They took turns doing each job and they worked so well together!

We had a lovely return to school after the October week with lots of lovely creative tasks outside! The Panthers have been talking lots about Autumn and the changes that we can see in the world around us. We went on a nature walk around the school, collecting lots of beautifully coloured fallen leaves. We found leaves that were green, yellow, orange, red and brown. 

We used the things that we found to create wonderful autumn pictures!

The Tigers made mud paint today! We measured out 3 tablespoons of mud and added a tablespoon of powdered paint to it. We mixed it together with some water and made some very interestingly coloured muddy paint! We painted some very scary Halloween pictures with it!

Check in again tomorrow to see our pictures when they’re dry!

Today the Tigers were outside collecting leaves. We found leaves of lots of different shapes and colours! We brought our leaves inside to make pressed pictures, we can’t wait to show you once they’re ready!

 

It has been very wet outside this week so we haven’t been able to take many pictures with the iPad but we’ve still been taking our learning outside!

The Tigers continued their search for carrots in the planters. They learned to identify the leaves from the top of the carrots so that they knew where they would be able to find them!

Some of the Giraffes have been experimenting with force. They rolled the tyres up to the top of the hill and let them go. They took turns at estimating how far they thought the tyres would roll!

Martin and Annabelle couldn’t believe how strong the wind was! They found leaves and held them up in the air to see the wind blow them away. They were able to tell which way the wind was blowing by watching which way the leaves flew.

Some of the girls started building a castle using the blocks. Queen Lilja asked the girls to make a bed that she could lie on in the castle and the girls managed to make two beds, one for the Queen and one for her pet dog! They tested their beds by having a go at lying on them! Well done girls!

Some of the children were helping to weed the planters. We found lots of worms and some carrots! This group also learned to identify the leaves from the top of the carrots and used this to help them to find more!

Jack and Kyle had a jumping competition! They jumped together to see who could jump the highest!

Lacy made a swing! She used some material that was tied around the climbing frame to make a seat and she spent lots of time swinging backwards and forwards. Well done Lacy!

 

 

We’ve had some lovely sessions outside this week!

All groups have had turns at getting the pots filled ready for planting. We planted spring onions and radishes and we will be keeping an eye on them making sure they get plenty of water to help them grow!

Some of the Panthers were experimenting with the equipment to make their own slides. They had great fun sliding down the different combinations!

Some of the Giraffes made a band! They used the different instruments to make a beat and Lorena made up a song to sing!

Some of the Tigers were experimenting with the water. They made a water slide with it and poured it down, catching as much of it as they could at the bottom! They noticed the numbers on the side of the measuring jug and learned that it was a scale to show them how much water they had caught!

The Tigers also used some of our new outdoor books to choose projects for us to complete and also to identify some of the insects that we found! We found a slug and a spider and we looked them up in the bug book and read about them.

Fantastic work this week Primary 1!

The Panthers had a wonderful time outside today!

Some of our children were exploring force! They started by rolling tyres from the top of the hill. They realised that the harder they pushed, the tyre will go further and faster! They then explored what happened when they rolled down the hill themselves. What great fun!

Laughlin, Arya, Shay, Fletcher, Orla, Tola and Maja all took turns are racing around the hill! They timed themselves using the stopwatch on Mrs Carwood’s phone to see who was the fastest. We are very fast runners!

Ellie and Emmie worked together to collect lots of stones. They lined them up and counted them and worked out that they had 11 altogether. When Ellie found another they worked out that they had made 12 and they wrote the number 12 using the chalk. They then went off looking for more and when we counted them together we realised that they had 24! We were able to write the number 24 under the stones! Well done girls!

Mila, Leon, Logan, Fletcher and Laughlin found a worm! They wondered where it might have come from. They gave it a new home in our pumpkin patch!

TJ showed Shay and Ivy how to write his name and they gave it a brilliant go on their own! Well done you two!

TJ made up a brilliant long jump game that some of the children had a go of in the MUGA. Thanks TJ!

Fantastic work Panthers!

The Giraffes have had a very busy morning outside!

Jack and James demonstrated some fabulous balancing skills!

Lilly, Lilja,  Annabelle and Isla Rose drew some beautiful pictures.

Lorena asked Mrs Carwood to help her make an obstacle course! We added ladder runs, blocks and crates and finished it with a hopscotch! Lots of the other children had a go!

James was so busy making this amazing den. He used all of the blocks and then some of the crates to make a roof. He was using it to hide from the baddies! He asked Mrs Carwood to help him to write his name on it. Amazing achievement James!

Lorena designed a beautiful castle that she is going to build with the small blocks when she goes back to class after break!

Mohammed Almeer made his own game using chalk. He wrote all of the numbers to 8 first of all then hid them by colouring them in. You had to remember where the numbers were hidden and jump on the right ones to win! We made it harder by adding all of the numbers up to 15! Well done Mohammed Almeer!

Lacy designed a beautiful dress for her mum using the chalk. She said that mum would wear it to a wedding!

Kyle, Tony, Clayton and Jack used the equipment to be able to climb up and over the board! They worked together as a team so effectively, well done boys!!

What a fantastic morning Giraffes, well done!

During our planning session, the Giraffes expressed interest in learning how to go faster. We started today by talking about timing and looking at clocks! We made clocks outside and used them to tell ‘o’clock’ times.

Well done Giraffes!