The schools was yet again a hive of activity today both indoors and outside. Children in Year Two used their ‘Forest Friends’ sessions to gain an understanding of the story of St George in preparation for the celebrations on Friday. They fastened together twigs and sticks to make bows, arrows and swords whilst also creating their own hobby horses out of larger sticks, socks, leaves and cones. They then used these props to take part in an jump over a series of logs and act out the story.

On the back field children in year Three developed their throwing and catching skills by passing to each other and throwing before measuring the distance thrown.

Indoors the children from across KS1 continued preparing for tomorrows economic well Being Fayre! more and more posters went up around the school advertising the stalls each class will be running whilst some of the children began preparing their goods. Owls class felt like a factory as they prepared tray after tray of double dipped bananas in yogurt. the children dipped the bananas in the yogurt before freezing them to create lollies. Robins filled the fridges around the school with individual fruit filled jellies. The children decorated each cup individually to tempt each customer. Many of the classes spent time writing recipes for their treats for others to follow.

In elm class the children experimented with sound by measuring how sound changes when heard from various distances. the class used the ipad to measure the decibels identified when an alarm was set off at various distances from the tablet. they then recorded their findings in a table.

In beech the children investigated the life cycles of human beings as a class before then individually researching and recording the life cycle of alternative mammals.

The pool was once again busy throughout the day. With the weather being so beautiful it was the perfect opportunity for the windows at the side of the pool to be raised creating an outdoor feeling as the cool breeze wafted through.

Rodney the rabbit returned to school today much to the delight of many of the children who visited him throughout the day. Some continually well behaved children from Aspen were given the privilege of spending some time with him at the end of the day. Their visit included the responsible task of cleaning out his enclosure with fresh hay and newspaper.