October 28, 2019
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Comments Off on Autumn Leaves #ourdoorlearning fun
We are going to try and get outdoors a bit more this month. Today was a beautiful clear day with only a little wind, a good day for some leaf art. We went out and gathered leaves of different shapes and colours for the play ground. First we created designs and patterns with the leaves, … Continue reading “Autumn Leaves #ourdoorlearning fun” Continue reading
September 19, 2019
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Comments Off on Dow’s Wood, the Beginnings of Autumn
Yesterday we went to Dow’s Wood with Mr & Mrs Carter. We found many signs of autumn, seeds, plants and signs of wildlife. The Children have written a little about their finds, click the thumbnails to read more. Continue reading
June 21, 2019
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Comments Off on Dow’s Wood in June
We had another visit to Dow’s wood today. Our tasks were: To take photos of flowers. Gather tinder for firelighting. Create shelters from some lost woodland ‘wee folk’. Shelters for the wee people Continue reading
March 29, 2019
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Yesterday the Banton Biggies went down to Dow’s wood in groups, we did three challenges. The first one we had to find signs of spring, the second challenge we had to find nouns and write as many adjectives for them and the third challenge was to find symmetrical things and make a symmetrical pattern. For … Continue reading “What We Did At The Woods” Continue reading
March 29, 2019
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Yesterday we went to Dow’s wood and we saw so many different creatures and signs of creatures. These were the creatures we saw. Things we saw • Bees • Beetles • Millipede • Centipede • Ladybug • Spiders • Earwig • Earwig eggs Signs we saw and heard • A woodpecker pecking • Rabbit fur … Continue reading “Dow’s wood wildlife” Continue reading
October 30, 2018
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Comments Off on Climbing Capers and Ski Blaze
David and Jack had another amazing day, you can listen to them above. The did Banton proud, joining in and succeeding at all the talks, making friends and working with others. Climbing Photos Ski Blaze Continue reading
September 25, 2018
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This morning we were finding out about the trees in our playground. We measured the height of trees with our clinometers. We measured the circumferences of the trees and used a webpage to estimate how old the trees were. We took photos of the trees, their leaves, bark and fruit. Skills: maths skills: measuring, calculation … Continue reading “Playground trees” Continue reading
