This week, we continued our search for ladybirds, but also successfully hunted for snails, woodlice, slugs, spiders and worms. As you enjoy our photographs of Forest School, you will notice how focused the children are, how they help each other and how much fun they have playing and exploring together.
It was a beautiful, holy way to start our Friday. We joined parishioners and parents to celebrate Mass together. Children from Year 1 and Year 2 confidently and clearly led our bidding prayers and all the children joined in with the singing of ‘It’s Me that Builds Community’ song – with actions, of course!
Going to Forest School this week was also like entering a jungle! Big thanks to the parent helpers who bashed down brambles and cut down nettles to create a safe pathway for the children.
It was worth the effort to see all the children exploring independently – looking for minibeasts, climbing trees and playing with friends. They also learned some facts about ladybirds. Did you know they:
- have 6 legs, just like all insects
- have a shell that opens out to be wings
- can be different colours (not just red!)
- eat aphids
- lay eggs
We just want to say thank you to everyone who has filled in stars and/or created model space rockets, space stations, satellites, aliens or planets. They are truly amazing – in fact, we think they are ‘OUT OF THIS WORLD’. Our classroom looks wonderful and, most importantly, the children are very proud of their work and love talking about them with friends.
There was brilliant balancing, wonderful welly wanging and riotous racing at our Sports’ morning. Here are some photographs to make you smile.
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The FS children enjoyed taking part in a Little Liturgy to celebrate Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven. They joined in with prayer, singing with actions and reflecting on the Good News Jesus has risen. They also joined in with the Lords Prayer with Makaton signs.
The Rainbow Fish have continued to enjoy exploring the counting collections. They have been working with larger amounts of objects, using their knowledge of number bonds and grouping to count and record.
We have had a very busy day in FS . We are trying to help, care and share to grow more like Jesus during Lent. We raised money by decorating biscuits with purple icing and a heart. We enjoyed our biscuits whilst continuing our learning of the Easter Story.
FS had an amazing trip to manor Farm. They enjoyed stroking the different animals and finding out about what they eat and how they keep safe, they explored the paddocks, saw some birds of prey take flight, went on a Dino walk and even had chance to use the giant slide in the play barn. A great day was had by all.
