Year 6 visited Sherwood Pines last week for their class visit. In the morning, they conquered their fears by completing Go Ape activities. They showed resilience, bravery and courage as they walked through the towering trees, and even had a go on the zip-line! In the afternoon, they completed Gorilla Games, where they had to develop their communication skills and work together as a team to win games. They had so much fun and created some wonderful memories to cherish in their final year at BRW. Take a look at some of the photos….
Today the Rainbow Fish made delicious jam sandwiches. We used our fine motor skills to spread the butter and jam carefully. We used some ‘bossy’ words when talking about what we did to make them. But the best part … getting to eat them! Yum!
Year 6 performed a brilliant class assembly this morning, reflecting on everything they’ve learnt in the last 6 weeks! Their theme for this term is ‘Is Our World Always as it Seems?’, exploring how propaganda has been used throughout history and how it impacted people’s beliefs. Linking their learning, they’ve also learnt about the artist Marc Chagall, layering WW2 music and in Science, how electricity was used to make search lights. They really were TRIPLE THREATS today – singing, acting and dancing! They should be extremely proud of their incredible performance. Well done! 🙂
Year 3 are enjoying learning about Rocks! We have spent some time making close observational drawings of them and looking at different type of rock features. We have also started a good collection of our own in the classroom. Rock on Year 3!
This week the Foundation Stage children have been so busy at Forest school, collecting natural resources, noticing patterns on trees and they even had time to help Percy the Park Keeper build new homes for his woodland friends. They worked really well in their groups – thinking about what the animals need and how they would create a new home for them. We even had time for a quick break of hot chocolate, marshmallows and even a biscuit before they got back to work! What a great morning they had in the Autumn sunshine.
This week the Rainbow Fish loved using the Counting Collections during our Math’s session. They thought carefully about how to count the objects they had, using lots of different strategies to help them – some pairs even decided to change the strategy they used because it didn’t work! Their recording of the number of objects they had really amazed me! We had dots, lines, pictures, numerals and so much more! What a great bunch of Mathematicians the Rainbow Fish are!
Year Two had a wonderful visit to Nottingham Castle this term.
This visit was particularly relevant to our topic because it allowed the children to build their knowledge of ‘colour’ in a real-life exhibition.
The Kaleidoscopic Exhibition provided the opportunity for Year Two to marvel at, and be inspired by, the vibrant artwork in the gallery.
We also had the chance to explore the castle further. We enjoyed learning more about our local hero: Robin Hood. We also took the time to consider Nottingham’s human and physical features, by taking in views from across the city.
Our Year Two pupils were enthusiastic and eager to learn throughout the visit and they asked the gallery staff lots of questions.
We even had a few children fall asleep on the coach home. What an exciting day!
As part of our ‘Beginnings’ topic in RE, we have learned about the very first story in the Bible: the story of Creation!
Watch our video to see Year Two’s wonderful performance of this story…
Year 1 had a wonderful visit to Nottingham Castle last week. We went to see an exhibition in the art gallery called Kaleidoscopic Realms. Year 1 are learning about colour in our art lessons and the exhibition was all about the use of colour in contemporary pieces of art.
The children enjoyed looking at the beautiful creations and were able to talk about what they liked about each piece. One piece of art was all about looking after planet Earth. This piece inspired the children to think about God’s gift of the world and how we should look after it. They created their own designs with this in mind.
Whilst at the castle, we visited the adventure playground to burn off some energy, visited Robin Hood’s Adventure and had a look around the beautiful gardens.
What a fabulous day!
The Foundation children were on a mission today to spot the squirrels in the woods! Unfortunately we only saw a few scampering across the grass and up the trees. But, the children absolutely loved searching for acorns for the squirrels to eat and learning some fun facts! Did you know that a squirrel is double jointed – its feet can turn forwards and backwards!
