Puffins and Penguins had a fantastic time at sports day. We were very proud of the children’s resilience and attitude to the games they played and how they cheered their friends on all they way round the course. Thank you to all the parents who came to support us. It made the afternoon even more special!

Year 1 had a fantastic time when we visited Alnwick Castle. We explored the state rooms and learned some interesting facts from the staff there. We had the chance to dress up as princesses and knights (some of us were even brave enough to take on the Dragon’s Quest) and play some medieval games. We learned about the different jobs in a castle from the artisan to the knight and we even got t make our own clay tiles! We loved exploring the castle grounds and went high up on the battlements.

   

 

What a wonderful day we had at the Centre for Life.  The children demonstrated excellent behaviour, as always, and Simon who taught us about space said he had never met a school with so much knowledge!

We took part in a range of activities:

Lab work:  Identifying objects to see if they were alive or not alive, finding out that astronauts can only have 30g of food per meal and using the electronic scales to weigh out a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

 

We also had the opportunity to explore the gigantic model of the moon and found out it has seas (with no water) and extinct volcanoes.

The planetarium was a wonderful experience and everyone liked the comfortable chairs that allowed you to lie back and look at the stars.  We learned about different star constellations.

After a very quick lunch we explored the Curiosity Zone.  Some children had the opportunity to explore the fast moving spinning wheels, floating fabrics and a very hot brain.  The very brave drank out of a toilet!   

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Finally we went to the Science Theatre and found out easy experiments that can be done in our own kitchens.  A couple of children were lucky enough to go onto the stage and join in.

The only thing left to do was get on to the bus and head back to school after a very exciting and fun day.

 

 

We have had a fantastic introduction to learning in the outdoor environment over the last couple of weeks in Year 1. We have found clues that led to the special space story ‘Whatever Next!’, made cookies to show we are ‘Woodland Walk Explorers’, been on an egg box treasure hunt to find interesting natural objects and used compass points to guide a blindfolded friend around the field to find clues linked to our space topic! The children are learning to be look after them selves, each other and the environment and to show respect to all.

Thank you to all parents who have provided wellies for their children when asked to. This will become a more regular request so if your child has a pair of wellies that could be kept at school permanently, this would help enormously!

The children went on a lovely walk in the school grounds to find clues for the next story we will read.  What strange items we found hanging in the Woodland Walk! Whatever could they be for? We made a list of everything we found to discuss when we went back to class.

The children discovered we will be learning the story Whatever Next! By Jill Murphy.