P2/3 took lots of our learning outside to celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day. We had so much fun!

Literacy

We started with a walk round the school grounds to discover what we could see, hear and feel. The frost was probably the most talked about thing. The children talked enthusiastically about the patterns they found on the ground and the difference between the sunny spots and shady spots.  There was also much discussion around the frosted leaves, crunchy grass and melting ice.

Before we went out for a walk, we had got a message from Rosie the Bear.

We spotted Rosie’s picnic on the ground near the nursery and eventually found poor Rosie hiding up a tree. The children found lots of clues about what might have happened. Most thought it was the Gruffalo (or the Gruffalo’s child because Rosie wasn’t on a high branch), some thought a dog had frightened her, others a bird rustling in the trees and someone suggested it was us being noisy!

 

Numeracy

This week we have been looking at greater than, less than and equal to so this morning we worked in pairs to follow a range of instructions using words such as “big” “smaller than” and “the same size as”. Here are just some examples.

Hug something that is very big:

Find something about the same size as you:

Put three small things in a row:

Touch something big and small at the same time:

Dance around something that is bigger than a car:

We also used found objects to make number sentences using the greater than and less than symbols: < and >

Art

We ended the day with some nature inspired art.

For me, the best thing about the day was seeing and hearing the children as they talked to one another enthusiastically about the nature around them and the tasks they were working on, coming up with ideas, making links and working so well with one another.

The photos only show a fraction of the experience!