We have had a great week so far for our school Arts Week. This week our topic is Japan due to the rugby World Cup being based there later this year. Over the last 2 days we have baked some biscuits and decorated them just like the children do in Japan on 5th May every year for children’s day…

Last week the year 1s really enjoyed getting out into our reflective garden to do some observational drawings of plants and flowers. They were also busy learning about the names of the different parts of the plants and their jobs.

Now that the warmer weather has arrived, Hedgehog Class have been learning about how to stay safe in the sun. As the children spend a lot of time outside, please can we remind parents that they should apply sun cream before coming to school. They will also need to bring a sun hat in to protect their head.

Hedgehog Class really enjoyed their class trip to Acton Scott Farm on Tuesday. To start the day, they participated in a workshop led by the staff at the farm. Their task was to go around the farm looking for food for Simon the ploughman’s lunch. We found lots of surprises including eggs hiding underneath some of the hens, milk that we turned into butter and we even got some flour out of the wheat!

Simon said that he really enjoyed eating his lunch! After eating our own lunches, we were able to explore the farm ourselves. Here are a few photos of what we saw…

We had a really super day and the children were all exceptionally well behaved!

Hedgehog Class and some of their parents/grandparents thoroughly enjoyed our class boat race down the River Perry last week (despite the weather!). Kris brought his canoe with him so that we could retrieve the boats from the river as the children were very concerned about littering! Most of the boats made it back although the children were surprised to find that there boats were no longer in perfect condition following their race. The children enjoyed cheering their boats on and were really pleased for Bella as her boat won! All children and adults in Hedgehog Class have really enjoyed our topic this term and all of the work that has gone into building up to the boat race.

The children in Hedgehog Class wanted to invite their parents along to their boat race next week. Have a look at some of their fabulous writing below…

Hedgehog Class have been learning about the Easter story over the last few weeks. Today they were making their own Easter gardens. They know that Christians make Easter gardens to remember that Jesus died on the cross and rose again. They were all fantastic at talking about the story as they made their Easter gardens!

The children had another great forest school session yesterday at the Drumbles. Mrs Farmer had been to collect some eggs. Kris set up a tripod and boiled some water over our camp fire. We then had to boil our eggs for 10 minutes! When they were done, we set them aside to cool a little. After that we put either stickers or elastic bands around the eggs to make crosses on them to remind us of the Easter story. We then dipped them in food colouring. Then we got to eat them!

Today the children in Hedgehog Class were busy testing their boats in our water tray to make sure that they would float and stay upright when put on the water. Some were successful on their first attempt however some needed a few minor alterations. The children showed great determination and some super problem solving skills putting everything that they have learnt about materials into practise.