During our forest school session just before half term, the children in Hedgehog Class had a great time creating faces from clay at the Drumbles. This session involved learning lots of new skills including sculpture and art and design. We even got some science in there too as the children experimented with changing the consistency of the clay. Some of the older children even investigated whether a smooth or rough surface was better to create their sculpture on. They found out that their faces stuck to a rough surface better because the clay had something to grip on to!

The year 1 children have been learning all about plants and trees over the last few weeks. Today they did some independent writing to tell me everything that they know about oak trees! Here’s a couple of the fantastic pieces of writing that they did…

Hedgehog class had great fun on Tuesday afternoon cooking some dandelion fritters. They all chose and picked their own dandelion to be cooked and made a batter. They then carefully put their dandelion head into the pan and we covered them in the batter. They were extra tasty with a little syrup on top! Not everyone enjoyed theirs but they were all superstars for trying them! The children all know that they shouldn’t pick and eat flowers unless an adult has said that it is ok.

Have a look at the fantastic work that the Reception children were doing this morning on doubling numbers! One group were busy finding number doubles using the pom-poms and the other group were finding number doubles using a mirror!

Hedgehog Class had a fantastic time up at forest school yesterday afternoon. They all wrote their names on wooden labels and found a bud to tie it to. We’ll keep checking the buds that they chose every week to see how they grow.

Over the last few weeks, Hedgehog Class have been really busy learning to measure in a variety of ways! During the first week back, they learnt to measure the length or height of objects using a ruler. Last week they learnt to measure mass and weight using balance scales and this week they are learning about capacity and volume. They’re doing a super job and we are all so proud of them!