Half Term Year 3

It's amazing to think that half a term has already gone by. All the children (nearly) have now had three lessons out in Forest School, enjoying the games and being amazingly creative whilst learning about life in the forest and linking ideas back to their class based learning.

Year 3 have made some super Roman Forts to link with their visit to Lunt Fort and it has been really interesting to see how each group has interpreted the activity and some of the great teamwork as they move logs and branches about the site and discuss, share and develop ideas.

Year 3 also had a super sunny day out in Forest School re enacting the story of Boudicca and her battles with the Roman.

Next half term they will be looking forward to exploring other aspects of the invaders including making Gods and building shelters using ideas borrowed from the Vikings.

Leaf Sewing

Lots of children have been interested to try their hand at leaf sewing this week. They have made their ideas into fairy dresses, bed linen, decorations for thrones, patterns and even a fairy boot. Here is a selection of their ideas.

Bug Hunting

Without a doubt the favourite activity over these two weeks has been bug hunting. Although a series of activities were planned for each group coming out, most of the children wanted to search for and identify the different mini creatures living on the site. As this was right in the middle of the warm spell at the end of September, many creatures kept themselves well hidden but this didn't dampen the enthusiasm and excellent searching skills of some children.

Here are some of the finds and finders.