Blog by Tag: Outside Learning

Class One & Two have come together to build our very own Minibeast Hotels. We split up into small groups and gathered materials such as leaves, grass, twigs, moss, and woodchips to create a safe home for our Minibeast to move into. These hotels will be placed around our school playground and field…

Class One is very excited as our caterpillar eggs have arrived. We used our writing "VIPERS" to predict what would happen to the eggs, and we thought that the eggs would hatch into caterpillars. Class One also looked at the lifecycle of a butterfly and learned about all the different stages.  

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This week we have been learning all about 3-D shapes. Class One explored 3-D shapes that we could find around the home and classroom and we talked about which shapes we knew whilst building some magnificent model rockets and houses. We could talk about the 3-D shapes cone, cylinder, cube, cuboid…

This week Class One have been learning all about growing flowers and vegetables. We looked at what a sunflower and a bean seed needs to grow and decided to see if we can grow some of our own. We were very lucky because Diane gave us some sunflowers to look after too! Our garden will provide lots…

Have you seen any signs of new life recently?

In Class 1 we have been learning about our new topic, Spring and Growth. We talked about signs of new life and decided to explore our playground and field using our 5 senses to see what we could discover. The children did some artwork to show…

Sea Creatures

Today we have been learning all about sea creatures. We have used videos, the internet, books and pictures to help us to find out more information about different sea creatures. We also looked at ‘The Deep’ in Hull and took a virtual tour of the aquarium.

So far, we have…

Chinese New Year

Today we celebrated Chinese New Year. We did lots of different activities, including a dragon dance, food tasting, Chinese number problems, making Chinese lanterns and designing dragon masks. We had a fantastic day and we learnt lots about Chinese culture.

Our Outdoor Learning 

Class 1 have had a great start to the New Year, we are thoroughly enjoying learning in our outdoor areas. This week we have been looking at 2D shapes and explored how the wind affects different materials - it's been great fun! 

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Bikeability

Our Year 6 children braved the weather on Monday and Tuesday to complete their Bikeability sessions. We were especially proud of them on Tuesday morning, when the weather was particularly wet as they set off for their cycling around Aberford. Despite returning to school very…

First day and a spot of gardening!

Six lucky Class 4 children were chosen to tackle the very important job of digging up our carrots, potatoes, rhubarb and green beans this afternoon!

What an exciting opportunity on the first day back!

Take a look at how well our fruit and veg has…

Inspired by our enjoyment of the fireworks on Bonfire Night, Class One have explored the Hindu 'Festival of Light ' Diwali. Diwali is celebrated with lots of fireworks!

We have been learning about how Hindus prepare their houses for the festival and how they celebrate with their families. Some…

Class One really enjoyed exploring our outside field area today. The sun was shining and we all had smiles on our faces.

We were travelling with confidence and skill on the balancing and climbing equipment; throwing and kicking the ball and negotiating space successfully playing tig.

We…