Ancient Greek Studies. Starting indoors we made Greek souvlaki and salad which we then cooked on the outdoor fire pit. We made Greek crowns to go with our own Greek outfits. In the afternoon we explored our orienteering course.

In the afternoon we made Greek crowns to go with our own Greek outfits. We then explored our orienteering course.

We took our maths lesson into the playground!!

We went on a trip to Esholt Woods and Nunroyd Park.  Our aim was to enter the domain of the woodland animals we are about to write our 'Journey' Stories about.  We are reading 'The Animals of Farthing Wood' for inspiration and are about to embark on a journey of our own with our own group of animal characters.  We walked through the woods, alongside the river and smelt, listened and observed.  We imagined the creatures living there and witnessed nature first hand.  Whilst it was a wet start to the day it soon cleared up.  We thought about the dangers that our characters would face and how our stories would end on a cliffhanger.  We used our sketching skills to draw what we saw and how we imagined our stories playing out.  Then, we went on a scavenger hunt as part of our Biodiversity topic (Eco-Schools) to find materials to build pollinator homes with later in term - small sticks and cones for pollinators like solitary bees to shelter in and lay their eggs.  There was just time for a quick game of Crow's nest which involved the Crow spotting the other children hiding in the woodland space.

After a picnic lunch, we headed off to find another area of biodiversity - this time the man-made pond in Nunroyd park.  Here, we sketched and drew and watched and listened to think how the biodiversity of this are was different to that of the Woodland from this morning.  We were surprised to find baby frogs and to see fisherman fishing in the pond's water.  A swan and several groups of ducks with ducklings and moorhens were also observed.  We noticed the different variety of plants growing here - the marsh marigold, lilies and irises which thrive at the edges in the water.  It was quite a contrast to the ferns and evergreen plants under the canopy of the thick woodland where pine trees thrived.

We are all set now to start to write our journey stories using our trip as the inspiration!

As part of their Eco Schools topic Year 4I did a litter survey in the school grounds.

To help answer the question: "What Is Science?" we have been learning the skills that scientists use. In this video we have been learning about classification.

Year 4 had a fabulous day at Nell Bank. They walked through The Bluebell Woods down to the river looking at geographical features, including tributaries and ground water. Once at the river played a game of Pooh Sticks, which showed the river speed around the meander. They then looked at the physical features of rocks and stones on the beach.
The afternoon was filled with science activities including a habitat hunt and pond dipping, finally finished with a play on the wooden playground. The sun shone and it was a brilliant day!

Year 5 re-enacted The Battle of Hastings. (No pupils were blinded during the making of this video.)

Class 4I used Muddy Puddle Day mainly to identify and build geometric shapes. They drew on ideas from Jordan Romero and mountain studies.

We used our Muddy Puddle Day (no mud and no puddles this year!) to do some maths outside. This video shows what we were up to.

We used our Muddy Puddle Day (no mud and no puddles this year!) to do some combined maths and art outside. This video shows what we were up to

Year 3 spent time outside hunting for, and recording, 2- and 3- dimensional objects. They then made their own objects using both found materials and modelling straws.

As part of Muddy Puddle Day we hunted outside for a variety of natural materials and used them to create our names in hieroglyphs.

We went outside and a great time recreating Egyptian Tug-O-War competitions.

We learned about the digestive system using instructions from a BBC Bitesize project. The playground was the ideal place for this experiment!

5A continued their study of the Greeks in the school grounds.

As part of Muddy Puddle Day 5H continued their study of the Greeks outside.

We designed some Greek inspired pottery, then we prepared some Greek food and finally we went out to the fire pit where we cooked and ate the food.

We also experienced other aspects of World War II. We looked at some precious and interesting mementos; we studied Morse code; we played wartime games; we designed propaganda posters and finally we toasted muffins.

We made our own version of an Anderson shelter and spent time experiencing a little of what it would have been like in there during an air raid.

Year 4 merged their study of the Romans with their Muddy Puddles day. They took part in several different activities.

We have been looking at how light travels to our eyes so we can see things. We made our own videos and here they are. (Sorry about the wind noise - hope you can still hear what we are saying.)

As part of their World War II topic Year 6 have been studying air-raid shelters. As part of this topic they have been evaluating different shelters and then building their own.

We made bug hotels and placed them around the school grounds.

Continuing our litter topic we went litter collecting in Nunroyd Park.

We spent a lovely sunny day hunting around the school grounds for living creatures.

We had to hunt out analogue clock faces and then convert the analogue time into digital time.

We tidied up our allotment, watered the plants, gathered some crops and ........ ate them!

We have revisited our pond to see what changes there have been since earlier this year.

As part of the Eco-Schools project we have been studying water. We made some basic filters and used them to clean some of our pond water.

After reading Robinson Crusoe and Kenuke's Kingdom we have been designing our own desert islands.

Year 3 spent a whole day studying Stone Age life. These 5 videos Show them experiencing foraging, weaving, cave painting shelter building and making fire. They had a great day.

We have been planting sunflower seeds. We will be using them over the next few weeks to investigate what plants need to survive. Watch this space!

Using the School Pond and School Grounds as a resource we collected a variety of living things and began to classify them.

We have been studying Mayan culture. This has involved outdoor learning, history, food technology and a lot of fun!

We planted seeds in the vegetable garden and also had a look at the tadpoles collected from our pond.

Our first trip to the pond this year. We observed what was going on. Then we did some pond-dipping and collected frog spawn and tadpoles.

Have you ever navigated an orienteering course whilst being chased by aliens? This was the challenge for Year 5 on a sunny March afternoon. Year 5 enjoyed following a route using their map skills whilst racing against their peers. However, they had to be careful of three pupils wearing alien hats. If they were caught, they would have to hand their map over and become an alien themselves! Much fun was had by all.

We finished this topic re-enacting the defeat of the Anglo-Saxons by the Normans.

6G are growing a herb garden.

6G are studying the work of Michelle Hughes, the Yorkshire lino print artist. Here is their introductory work.