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.