Monday
We started off Outdoor Learning week by having an Outdoor Assembly on Monday morning with Mrs Harker. We sang some songs! I’d like to learn ‘Head, shoulders, knees and toes’ in French during Term 2…we should do that!
During Maths time, we used our knowledge of finding the volume of cuboids (length x breadth x height), to measure the volume of different cuboids in the outdoor area; Mrs Harker’s car, the football pitch, the climbing wall, the sheltered area and the gardening shed…to name a few! We used trundle wheels and measuring tapes to do this.
For P.E., we set up our Circuits outdoors and Miss Cohen played some motivational music from her speakers! This kept us going through those tough tricep dip exercises, ooft!!
In the afternoon, we met Mr. McCormack in the hall to have a run through with more space to move and boogie. We rehearsed in rows, like a Samba band would, and this gave us more freedom to dance and perform. The improvement was tremendous!
Tuesday
We have been learning about 3D shapes and their properties in Maths. We went oudoors to make 3D shape nets using natural materials! The straightforward shapes like the square based pyramid were pretty easy to do, but the octahedron was reeeeeeally tricky!
In preparation for Wednesday’s geocaching adventures, we practiced map reading inside using Google Maps and the Geocaching app. We discussed that directions can also be given using different mediums – one of which being a co-ordinate grid. We played battleships with our partner to revise using co-ordinates to find one another’s ships! Miss Cohen became really confused because people kept shouting “Miss” when they missed a boat, not because they wanted her attention lol!
Wednesday
We went geocaching to Queen’s Park on Wednesday morning, with Primary 6/7 and Primary 6. We used our phones to track and map different geocaching locations in the park, and went on the hunt for treasure. My group managed to find FIVE geocachers, woooop!
We will be writing instructions on how to Geocache tomorrow, and will post some excellent examples of this on the blog. Watch this space…
Thursday
In a bid to improve the Outdoor space in our upper school playground, we have decided to upcycle tyres to create a model similar to this…
In order to do this, we split up into teams. Artists started by painting the tyres;
We cleaned them beforehand to get rid of any excess oil or dirt!
We dug a patch of land outside the sensory garden and transported the land to the tyres, ready for filling next time! A lot of hard graft…we were sweating!
Stay tuned for progress on our project, we’re hoping to complete it soon!
Overall, a really enjoyable OLW had by all. And it is true what they say, the fresh air definitely makes you feel more tired!
What were your fave moments of OLW?
Was there anything you would have done differently?
Anything you would have liked to do but didn’t get the chance?
