Hello!!
How are you all? I hope this Post finds you all well and enjoying your home schooling. It’s very different for all of us but we all just have to try our best to get used to the new situation that we find ourselves in. Mrs A. Henderson has asked that, from time-to-time, we still use our Class Blog to set small challenges. Well…are you up for it? Here is a Language Challenge you could try and post up your work.
I found a lovely poem all about using the outdoors as a classroom and how you can learn from it. Please read the poem below and then add your own verse in the comments to tell me how you’ve been using, or could use, outside as your classroom.
The Best Kind of Classroom – by Ian MacMillan
This is the best kind of classroom,
No walls, just sky and trees.
This is the best kind of classroom,
No radiators, just a gentle breeze.
This is the best kind of classroom,
It’s a journey through time and space.
From the smallest seed to the largest tree,
This is a forest and a learning place.
This is the best kind of classroom,
Where the seasons don’t happen in books.
Where learning is watching and thinking and talking,
Where everyone notices and everyone looks.
See what you come up with P5/6!
This is the best kind of classroom
Where your imagination can run wild
Where we don’t have to stick to strict timetables
One problem is, sometimes mum gets riled
Is this fact or fiction, Robbie! 😉
I like your verse…well done.
This is the best kind of classroom
Where we can shout and laugh and play and sing
Where the flowers bloom and the plants all grow
And the birds tweet loudly and flap there wings
A very relaxing verse. I can imagine you and your family all outside, having a great time! 👍
This is the best kind of classroom,
Where families come and have fun.
Playing and getting messy,
enjoying their time in the sun.
Thank you for your lovely verse! No outside sun today – sadly!
This is the best kind of classroom,
Where history is all around us,
Where exploring meets learning,
And we can play without a fuss.
By Ellie and Kate
Thank you for your verse Ellie and Kate! Let’s hope for some more good weather days to go out and explore!
This is the best kind of classroom is when you’re playing with all your all friends in the warm summer sunshine.
That would be lovely Fearne! Did you notice that I used your resilience quote? I might add some more over the next few weeks to keep us going!
This is the best kind of classroom
Lots of space to laugh and play.
To run and climb and have fun
And have a really great day
By Bella
Aw, this is lovely Bella! I hope this is how your Easter holidays go too! Happy holiday when it comes!