Mini - beast Hunt!

As part of our 'Bugs' topic Year R have been on a mini-beast hunt! We are going to use the information we gathered from this to form tally charts and bar graphs.

The Hungry Caterpillar

Year R have been thinking about the story of the Hungry Caterpillar. After reading the story they then role-played it before writing their own version. Their writing was amazing, well done Year R!

Greenfingers at Fairweather's

Year 3 have earnt their green fingers whilst working in the learning garden at Fairweather's in Beaulieu.

We saw composting in action then learnt about looking after plants with our hands on activities - from weeding, watering and preparing planting beds to transplanting flowers, planting potatoes and potting up tomatoes, for example. We even tried a few fresh radishes!

We'd all worked up an appetite for our picnic in the New Forest en route back to school. Now we can use our new skills whilst growing things at school!

Interclass potato competition!

Every class is competing to see who can grow the highest yield (most weight) of potatoes by the beginning of July! The children in each class have planted 3 seed potatoes and it is up to them to care for their potatoes well.

Will your class have the highest yield?

Good luck everyone!

Year 5 creativity in RE

This half term, year 5 are learning about the Jewish festival of Sukkot. We have been learning about some of the rituals that take place during Sukkot, and have been creating out own sukkot shelters using art straws. As you can see we had lots of fun!

Year 5 space scientists

Year 5 have been trying to prove that the earth spins on its axis. In order to do this we have been studying the movement of shadows. We went into the school playground and measured our shadows at different points during the day to see what happened. We found out that the shadows were moving gradually from west to east throughout the day, so the earth must be moving!

Tesco Vouchers Reminder

We have been busty collecting thousands of vouchers for schools over the last few weeks - thank you! Please remember to bring them into the school office when you can. This Friday is the last day to pick up vouchers for schools and we need to be counting them and sending them off by the end of June at the latest!