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Harvest Celebrations
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has contributed to our Harvest Celebrations! The stage looks wonderful with its autumnal theme, showcasing your generous donations for the Rainbow Centre.
If you haven’t yet donated, there’s still time to contribute.
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Global Council-Diwali:
Key Stage 1 Global Councillors have been learning about 'Diwali ' the Hindu 'Festival of Lights' which many countries across the world celebrate. Diwali represents the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness in our world, bringing a message of hope and peace.
We usually create Diwali cards to send to our partner schools DAV BRS Ludhiana and Sushila Birla Girls in Kolkata but this year decided on a 3-D approach to link it with the Autumnal season.
Using a variety of colourful pumpkins, the pupils had to weigh these in order of size with a Year 2 being the scribe, they varied from 220 grams to 1,010 grams. After cutting off the tops and taking out some of the seeds, they placed a small fairy light in each pumpkin and then arranged them in a symmetrical pattern with tiny satsumas and autumnal leaves to make a Rangoli type pattern.
DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana ... See MoreSee Less

Year 6 - Forest School:
Year 6 made the most of the sunny and warm autumn weather in their Forest School session. Some of the children kept themselves busy making spinners to sell at the Christmas fayre learning how to use a woodcraft knife safely and some had another go at creating ziplines around the trees for action figures. Others just wanted to explore the mud or play some games.
Great to see the year 6 children trying new things, challenging themselves , exploring and building relationships in the Forest School, as well as having fun of course! ... See MoreSee Less

Year 1- Forest School:
Through today’s Forest School session, the children learnt about the features of a British woodland habitat. They learnt about deciduous and evergreen trees, and how plants and trees support mammals, birds and insects. They thought about ways to keep such environments safe for wildlife and explored the area to notice features of animal life and plant growth. They also cleared any areas that were cluttered or had any litter so as to protect this precious animal home and moved the wood chippings to make the path ways less muddy. They also had fun with their usual favourite activities! ... See MoreSee Less

Year 3 -Burkina Faso:
As well as all their favourite activities in Forest School, the year 3 children today were set the challenge to build a hockey course.
They had to use logs and planks to build bridges and pathways to get the ball into a bucket at the end of the course.
They worked together to show amazing teamwork and had great fun trying to get their ball along the tricky courses they had created. ... See MoreSee Less

Year 2 - Forest School:
This week in Forest School, the year 2 children were set to work moving yet more wood chips. The heavy rain over the past few days has made the Forest School area very muddy so spreading the chippings around helps to make the area less muddy.
The children were well rewarded with a hot Chocolate and biscuit around the fire, as well as a play after all their hard work.
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Nursery - Harvest Activities:
Today in the Nursery, the children were busy with Harvest activities. They were making pumpkins out of playdoh, identifying different fruits and vegetables, and practising their Harvest song.
We can’t wait to share our Harvest song with you next week. ... See MoreSee Less

Year 1 - RE:
As part of their RE topic this term, the year 1 children have been finding out what Christians believe God is like. Words that they used to describe him were forgiving, patient, kind and compassionate. The most popular response that the children shared was that God is love so they decided to create a huge love heart on the playground to show this. ... See MoreSee Less

Year 5 - Art workshop at Glassworks
Over the past two weeks, Year 5 have been lucky enough to attend an art workshop at Glassworks in Folkestone. The theme was 'Portrait Personalities' and the children explored portraiture in many ways, from movement to sculpture. They looked at conventional and not so conventional portraits. They investigated what a portrait is through movement, mark-making and sculpture whilst thinking about how to visually represent themselves. ... See MoreSee Less

Forest School - Year 3 & 4:
On Monday, in Forest School, it was very wet. It seemed to rain most of the day, making the Forest School area very muddy!
However, rain did not stop play and we adapted the activities to the weather, giving year 4 and 5 time outside despite the wet weather.
The children did some digging, made some potato potions, played some interesting games as well as helping to top up the pathways with some extra wood chips.
When the rain was at it's worst this morning the year 5 children had an indoor challenge, build the tallest tower you can using only 20 sheets of paper and some tape. They demonstrated some great team work to complete the challenge.
Some of the children also helped to make some items for the school Christmas Fayre, including some very effective picture frames from willow sticks and wool.
A great day in Forest School despite the weather ! ... See MoreSee Less